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MIAAW.netAuthor: Sophie Hope & Owen Kelly
Miaaw.net: four monthly series, one a week, audio essays, conversations and discussions about cultural democracy and the commons. Week 1: Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse Week 2: Genuine Inquiry Week 3: A Culture of Possibility Week 4: Common Practice What is cultural democracy? How can we move towards it? How likely are we to achieve it? What does it have to do with "the arts"? What does it have to do with a post-digital future? What does it have to do with the commons? Language: en Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Cultural Coherence
Friday, 7 November, 2025
This month Owen Kelly looks into the idea of cultural coherence, something that bubbled to the surface after katie Lam, a member of parliament for the Conservative Party used it in an interview with the Sunday Times. She appeared to use it one way, and then later claimed she meant it in a rather different way.What do people mean by cultural coherence? Should we regard the idea as dog-whistle politics, or should we see it as a useful idea we need to claim for ourselves, before it gets claimed by those who would whistle to dogs…
