Victoria Blessing Butete is an Independent Researcher from Zimbabwe. Victoria is a Aspiring PhD candidate in DIY Culture and Music Entrepreneurship. Victoria was a Former Lecturer (2011-2022) – Department of Music and Musicology at Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe. Victoria has Master of Music degree, Rhodes University, South Africa (2012). She is also Bachelor of Arts Special Honours in Communication and Media Studies Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe (ZOU – 2013) and Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Music & Musicology, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Her research interests are: Creative economy/creative industries, music scenes, social capital, popular music, DIY music culture, and cultural policy.

Keynote Lecture

DIY Cultures, Democracy, and Creative Participation in Portugal and Zimbabwe: Uniting Past Legacies with Present Possibilities.

Publications

Butete, V. B. (2023). A self-made Zimbabwean musician: A case study of DIY culture in the global south. DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society, 1(3), 256-271.
Butete, V. B. (2022). Social capitalising the COVID-19 pandemic: A portrait of three Zimbabwean female musicians. In: Murrow, G., Nordgard, D. & Tshmuck, P. (eds). Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data and COVID-19 (pp. 73–89). Switzerland: Springer.
Butete, V. B. (2018). The promotion of popular music in major cities of Zimbabwe: a contested terrain by musicians and promoters. In: Amoros L.G. & Vambe, M. T. (eds). Performing Zimbabwe: A Transdisciplinary Study of Zimbabwean Music (pp. 167–193). Durban: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
Butete, V. B. (2014). The challenges facing the music industry in Zimbabwe: a case of the national arts council of Zimbabwe, The Dyke, 8(3), 163–183.