tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post930337081878794405..comments2023-09-11T10:45:49.957-07:00Comments on Honduras Culture and Politics: What is culture? Does Bernard Martinez understand it?RAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-84010483081203948302011-04-14T02:48:51.757-07:002011-04-14T02:48:51.757-07:00Yes; culture as a personal characteristic, rather ...Yes; culture as a personal characteristic, rather than culture as something that binds a group together.<br /><br />Beyond this neoliberal individualization, the shift to municipalities is not just decentralization-- it is also a claim that culture resides in governmental entities. But culture is a characteristic of groups of people, not of states or cities.<br /><br />The only meaning of culture that could work to make sense of this policy direction would be the sense of culture as "cultivation": elevating the masses by promoting sensibilities through, for example, the arts.<br /><br />All of these are powerfully reactionary.RAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-55453060245753007172011-04-12T12:45:24.477-07:002011-04-12T12:45:24.477-07:00The privatization of culture?The privatization of culture?John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.com