“Education is, before everything else, the process of giving to the ordinary members of society its full common meanings, and the skills that will enable them to amend these meanings, in the light of their personal and common experience.”
Raymond Williams, ‘Culture is Ordinary’
Culture is indeed ordinary, it includes most human activities: the arts, religion, sport, science and technology, TV/ radio and other media, the internet, eating and drinking, etc. etc. All of these topics have political dimensions involving struggles and negotiations over meanings and values. On this hub are articles on cultural activities apart from the arts, which are to be found on the arts hub, surprisingly enough.
Martin Cloake interviews Phil Thornton, author of Casuals: Football, Fighting and Fashion – The Story of a Terrace Cult. Phil Thornton’s book Casuals is an insightful cult... Continue reading
Keith Flett continues his selfless quest at beer festivals to identify the economics of producing craft beer in a competitive, capitalist market – and what tastes nice.... Continue reading
The recent exposure of greed and possible corruption at the highest levels of English football raise questions about the way sport in Britain, under tremendously strong and... Continue reading
Dr. Emma Boyland continues her series with a look at marketing strategies by Big Food to promote overconsumption. A drum-playing gorilla. An orange tiger saying “grrrreat!”. Even... Continue reading
Andrew Warburton continues his series on arts policy by interviewing Dr. Ben Walmsley, professor of audience engagement at Leeds University. Socialist policies for arts and culture are... Continue reading
500 years after the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia, and days after Jeremy Corbyn’s election victory, Professor John Storey explains how utopian thinking seeks to place hope, optimism... Continue reading
Keith Flett continues his series with a question: is there a link between class and what you drink? The upper classes are supposed to drink fine wines... Continue reading
With six years of Tory austerity behind us, Brexit on the horizon and the left-wing reorientation of the Labour Party ongoing, Culture Matters is starting a debate... Continue reading
Professor Roland Boer continues his series with a discussion of religion and membership of communist parties. Is it possible to join a communist party as a religious... Continue reading
Dr Emma Boyland starts a new series for Culture Matters about eating and drinking, and the politics and economics involved in moulding a culture of overconsumption. It... Continue reading