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
What’s coming into focus more gradually is how bad things are getting for those of us in the audience, too . Something that’s long bothered me and Erin about the hegemony of streaming is that if you do away altogether with physical media, you put yourself at the mercy of corporate accountants (who might decide there’s insufficient R.O.I. when it co... See more
Jonah & Erin • Streaming is an affront to God
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
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Complex cultural ecosystems with many sub-units provide inherent sources of novelty for the mainstream — e.g. minority cultures, subcultures, and countercultures create new conventions with potential to provide stimulation to mainstream individuals.
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My fear is that culture, and in particular galleries, museums, libraries, will be seen as a luxury rather than for the crucial role they play. I am absolutely passionate—and I know you are, too—that these institutions need to be at the center of our recovery.
András Szánto • András Szántó. The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues (Hatje Cantz Text Book 6)
what would it mean for brands to stop pointing to culture, and to start being it? To do so, they would have to go far beyond marketing, to offer meaningful modes of participation. Is it even possible for companies to be in service of something greater than themselves?
Toby • Life After Lifestyle
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