Ep. 30 | El Culto De Los Espejos
Hey friends! It's Estefi. It’s been a minute since I released an episode of the podcast, but I’m here now!
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Here are the useful links I talked about during the episode:
Can We Free Ourselves From Algorithms? on Hyperallergic.com
how our trends, our language and our culture sometimes makes us all end up looking, wanting, having the same things, looking and inhabiting homogeny
instagrammable foods
trendy coffees
instagrammable baking
“In reading Filterworld, one sees the impact of social media — the highly visual platforms of Instagram and TikTok, in particular, as well as streaming platforms like Spotify — not only on design and music trends, but on our consumer habits as well.”
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Cultural Homogenization, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide on Oxford Research Institute
• Published in print: 01 March 2010
• Published online: 30 November 2017
Cultural homogenization is understood as a state-led policy aimed at cultural standardization and the overlap between state and culture. Homogeneity, however, is an ideological construct, presupposing the existence of a unified, organic community. It does not describe an actual phenomenon. Genocide and ethnic cleansing, meanwhile, can be described as a form of “social engineering” and radical homogenization. Together, these concepts can be seen as part of a continuum when considered as part of the process of state-building, where the goal has often been to forge cohesive, unified communities of citizens under governmental control. Homogenizing attempts can be traced as far back as ancient and medieval times, depending on how historians choose to approach the subject. Ideally, however, the history of systematic cultural homogenization begins at the French Revolution. With the French Revolution, the physical elimination of ideological-cultural opponents was pursued, together with a broader drive to “nationalize” the masses. This mobilizing-homogenizing thrust was widely shared by the usually fractious French revolutionary elites. Homogenization later peaked during the twentieth century, when state nationalism and its attendant politics emerged, resulting in a more coordinated, systematic approach toward cultural standardization. Nowadays, there are numerous methods to achieving homogenization, from interstate wars to forced migration and even to the more subtle shifts in the socio-political climate brought about by neoliberal globalization.
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Favorite Songs Lately To Connect Back To My Body & To Say Nice Things To Me:
Love Is Free by Londrelle, SisterCody
You Are Enough by Londrelle
Tenderness and Kindness Nate Traveller
The App I’ve Been Loving:
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