Caesar WirthMar 19

“Traditional culture” of somewhere feels like it often fits in two buckets: commodified for tourists or ultra-authentic for nationalists

Like you have lederhosen sold at Spirit Halloween, or you have country music being played primarily by people who voted Republican

This has been going on in my head for a while and I don’t really have fully formed thoughts here. But it feels like finding authentic non-politicized culture is hard to find.

Show threadjesse squiresMar 20
@cjwirth culture doesn’t exist and manifest in a vacuum. it’s always political
Show threadCaesar WirthMar 20
@jsq yes but as an outsider sometimes i can’t really know what is “ok” and what is “now you are signaling bad things by liking that.” I guess it’s similar to wanting to separate art from the artist, but not even knowing who the artist is to begin with.
Show threadjesse squiresMar 21

@cjwirth oh I see what you mean.

Yeah, for example— red baseball caps. Can’t wear those anymore 😆

Show threadCaesar Wirth
@jsq yeah that’s the kind of thing I’m getting at. I want to experience and enjoy a culture without it being a mass produced trinket, but also not make people think I’m a huge racist.
Mar 21 at 8:39amWeb