Re: [microsound] death of monoculture

[Damian Stewart <damian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:

> I still not consider "habits" to be culture. Culture has 
> to do with consciousness choices and spirit, it can' t be what you hear 
> when having drinks in a nearby pub.

i completely disagree with you on this point. in my experience, culture has 
to do *fundamentally* with what you hear having drinks in a nearby pub. 
more broadly speaking, your culture comes from and is influenced by where 
you were born, were you have lived, and where you live now: it's defined 
and maintained by geography (both political and physical), which places you 
in situations where you don't have a choice about the cultural artifacts 
surrounding you.

maybe 'high' culture has to with conscious choices, but i personally don't 
find 'high' culture to be particularly important, and in any case i don't 
think it's the kind of shared culture we're talking about when we're 
discussing (popular) music.

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damian stewart | +31 6 5902 5782 |  damian@xxxxxxxxxx
frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz

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