Community Created Humboldt/Jan 23 10/Tribe

The following are proceedings from a breakout group at the Community Created Humboldt event on January 23rd, 2010.

• things that make us a tribe; society moving away from place-based; driven by technology creating global shared experiences
• how to use creativity and culture to reinforce local community
• people here trying to resist homogenization
• makes for uniqueness
• resisting corporate influence
• duality = homogenization vs. global access to culture
• more opportunity to be individually creative than ever
• community celebrations ritualize our uniqueness
• celebrate local creativity—support artists; not only professionalsbe a creator
• Irvine study—100% of people participate in some informal form of art
• we self-limit by choices and intimidation/tyranny of what’s my self-image
• tolerance and respect
• great access to people
• how can we encourage people to cross-participate
• flash mobs
• positive cultural tribalism; acceptance of difference
• a lot to overcome in accepting other cultures
• tribes still being excluded
• how to build bridges and open doors; maybe have workshops on sensitivity and acceptance and tolerance
• community music model (?) advocacy journalism

• promote participation in creating opportunities of access/participation/understanding
• bumper sticker culture (?)
• every inner child should have a hobby

• shared experiences and values manifests though people’s creations
• comes from other sources, past places other people; giving back producers, adapt to our own situations; artists are like shamans; giving vision substance
• in Humco, people not “stuck” but sense of trying to hold on to ideal (like no growth vs. responsible growth)
• respect each opinion—problem could be tyranny of minority
• sense of being able to manifest vision
• bubbling