Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
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Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Embrace the Symbiotic Dance Between Culture + Technology
"Culture and technology exist in a dynamic reciprocal relationship." — Brenda Laurel
"Culture and technology exist in a dynamic reciprocal relationship." — Brenda Laurel
Austin Robey • Decentralization & Desire: A web3 Cultural Blueprint
People who care about internet monoculture and control are often told they’re nostalgists harkening back to a pioneer era.
Maria Farrell • We Need to Rewild the Internet
In an era more profoundly organized by Big Tech than our own elected governments, the new culture to be countered isn’t singular or top-down. It’s rhizomatic, nonbinary, and includes all who live within the Google/Apple/Facebook/Amazon digital ecosystem (aka GAFA stack).
Caroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
In the new cultural economy, the culture is the product. It is composed of practices, ideas, and discourses. Products are auxiliary, supportive, but not the main event. And most importantly, people now opt into these designed cultures with full knowledge and awareness that these cultures might change who they are. The authenticity-driven culture o
... See moreToby Shorin • Life After Lifestyle
Monopolistic growth is more important to these entities than the quality of user experience and certainly more important than the equitable distribution of culture through the services’ feeds. (A