Introduction
The following are proceedings from a breakout group at the Community Created Humboldt event on January 23rd, 2010.
Tribe Proceedings
- 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 professionalsbe 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
Place based culture
- promote participation in creating opportunities of access/participation/understanding
- bumper sticker culture (?)
- every inner child should have a hobby
Culture
- 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