Category: consumerism
What’s a community?
There are probably few words more overused than community. Almost anything can be categorized as a communities these days, especially if that opens the door to niche marketing or promoting self-interest. Arguably the most dominant form of community today is the virtual or digital community:… Continue Reading “What’s a community?”
The tools of Mammon?
Given that one of the implicit aims of Convivium is to challenge consumer culture, there’s a certain irony that I should find myself spending hours putting together a ‘launch’ video. What’s more emblematic of our culture than a promotional video designed to grab people’s attention and… Continue Reading “The tools of Mammon?”
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