Articoli taggati con ‘fenomeni culturali emergenti’
Subverting the monopoly: new music labels in the Middle East
Nowadays the diffusion of music is controlled by a handful of labels that distribute roughly 80% of the music in the world. This monopoly brought about to a standardization of music that not only concerns Western countries but also many developing nations. Nevertheless, some attempts to jeopardize this close market have been undertaken by small independent labels that not only try to create a niche market, but also aim at diffusing lesser known artists and genres in order to diversify the offer and reinvent the production.
Why should we care about the arts?
Many things are disappearing from the political agenda: the emerging economic paradigm is totally ignored, as if nothing had happened in the most recent years showing the final breath of manufacturing capitalism; the new social complexities are feared, as if we could set the world’s clock back to the colonial age; the environment is considered only when it smells of business; the redistribution of roles and power in a society whose leading value is knowledge is viewed as a threat for the consolidated boxes in which individuals and groups are comfortable although mummified. In such a reluctancy against changes the arts and culture have been totally eliminated from any discussion, and almost no program takes them seriously. Many professionals still enjoy complaining about our permanent emergency: according to their oleographic view we are under siege by a horde of barbarians and nobody provides culture with adequate funds. The arts and culture still appear in the news and in the debate only when some masterpiece is overpaid in auctions, or some disaster occur. The discussion is still drawn with ethical colours, painting culture as a religion rather than a pleasure.
Un’agenda per la cultura dei prossimi anni
Il sistema culturale attraversa una fase di radicale trasformazione. È l’intera società, il suo paradigma economico e produttivo, le sue relazioni individuali e collettive, a trovarsi su un crinale del quale si percepisce la dimensione ma non si riescono a prevedere gli esiti. La cultura, rappresentazione dinamica e critica della realtà, delle sue interpretazioni e dei suoi aneliti, ne racconta l’evoluzione e ne prospetta il futuro. Per poterlo fare è necessario che il sistema culturale ridisegni sé stesso, alla luce dei cambiamenti in atto, e in vista di un paradigma che sarà dominato da una nuova scala di valori.
Berlino. Forze in movimento: la chiusura del Tacheles
ll 4 settembre scorso, i web media internazionali hanno pubblicato la notizia della chiusura di uno degli storici punti di interesse del panorama culturale di Berlino. Stop, finito per sempre, questa volta per davvero.
