Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
added by alexi gunner and · updated 6d ago
added by alexi gunner and · updated 6d ago
Andrew McCluskey added 18d ago
Andrew McCluskey added 18d ago
Are Thought Leaders artists?
Agalia Tan added 14d ago
Agalia Tan added 14d ago
The creative class takes influence from Old Money, artists, countercultures, and minority subcultures, and through the mechanism of retro , often embrace outmoded forms of culture from the mainstream and rural groups — e.g "granny" glasses, hunting camouflage as streetwear.
alexi gunner added 1mo ago
1.3.3 Oppositional taste worlds prefer conventions that are openly antagonistic to the mainstream — e.g. bikers, Bronx gangs, and punks all brandished swastikas in the 1970s.
alexi gunner added 1mo ago
.1 In modern society, culture is never a single monolithic entity but instead an ecosystem of interlinking cultural subunits always in the state of dynamic interaction.
alexi gunner added 1mo ago
Countercultures tend to be educated middle-class individuals who self-isolate based on alternative value systems — e.g. hippies, radical political movements, religious cults.
alexi gunner added 1mo ago
To maintain ecosystem health, we must reject the cynical “poptimist” framing of culture as a mere vehicle for entertainment and commerce and instead promote the benefits of constant cultural refresh.
alexi gunner added 1mo ago