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Of course you're right. But especially these days even getting together and playing music and singing songs is full of "consumption" in the sense that you relat
by j2kun 12y ago
Of course you're right. But especially these days even getting together and playing music and singing songs is full of "consumption" in the sense that you relate what you're doing to what you have consumed in the past. "Oh that riff sounds like Coldplay" or "What if we tried this vocal thing like Adele does in this song?" These kinds of influences are often unconscious. Even trying to avoid similarity to existing culture is tied up in the consumption of that culture, as has been the case with every revolution in art since the Renaissance.
I would love to hear more examples of culture that you would claim aren't tied up with consumption. The only examples I can think of are cultures that emerge from things like suffrage and oppression.
- jrochkind1 12y agoI don't think it's black and white, and I don't think there's a way for any of us in our present society to do anything that isn't in some way "tied up with consumption", it's the sea we swim in. But there are matters of degree and quality, different aspects, etc., and the passive/consumptive/based-on-purchase aspects of culture are worth critical attention. There are also interesting arguments to be made that video games (at least some of the time for some participants) may challenge the consumptive mode of cultural participation _more_ than other forms of mass culture.
- theorique 12y agoI don't think there's a way for any of us in our present society to do anything that isn't in some way "tied up with consumption", it's the sea we swim in. What about doing something old-school like getting together with friends and playing music (folk or traditional) or telling stories around a campfire? Co-created, shared, cultural experience without "consumption".