Budd
Jul 19, 2013 5:40:09 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 5:40:09 GMT -5
These days, the culture of London is increasingly defined by its diversity rather than its singularity. Take any event organised by kleines c for 'The Third'. It is, in a profound sense, a meeting of people from all around the world, and not just from the first, the second or the third world! 'The Third' is arguably far more fun, and useful, than the BBC, the Commonwealth or United Nations, for example, who never seem able to agree about anything! This is quite an achievement in itself! Congratulations to all!
Billy Budd
In historical terms, archaeologists have long believed that farming prompted our nomadic ancestors into the first settlements, Sydney Grew. One of the very first towns was built out of Turkish mud, for example, but how could the rudimentary agriculture of 9,000 years ago have drawn 10,000 people to settle in Çatalhöyük? The origin of these changes may have been more cultural than economic, as hunter-gatherer societies underwent a "mental transformation" that allowed them to see their environment differently and exploit it more selectively and more actively.
Çatalhöyük
Cities, towns and villages today are 'meeting places', Sydney, where a host of different life stories become entangled in physical proximity. Each place is a particular mix, born out of a specific history, and has to be negotiated between rich and poor, between incomer and old-established resident. I was fortunate enough to hear Doreen Massey, who won the equivalent of a Nobel prize for Geography, discuss this very subject in Liverpool in 2006. Doreen concluded thus:
So the quintessence of the culture of London is its diversity rather than its singularity. West End Girls meet East End Boys, Sydney!
YouTube - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Summer Series at Somerset House
Out of interest, can you dance, or more daringly, prom, too?
FT - Billy Budd, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK – review
BBC - Prom 60: Britten – Billy Budd
Billy Budd
In historical terms, archaeologists have long believed that farming prompted our nomadic ancestors into the first settlements, Sydney Grew. One of the very first towns was built out of Turkish mud, for example, but how could the rudimentary agriculture of 9,000 years ago have drawn 10,000 people to settle in Çatalhöyük? The origin of these changes may have been more cultural than economic, as hunter-gatherer societies underwent a "mental transformation" that allowed them to see their environment differently and exploit it more selectively and more actively.
Çatalhöyük
Cities, towns and villages today are 'meeting places', Sydney, where a host of different life stories become entangled in physical proximity. Each place is a particular mix, born out of a specific history, and has to be negotiated between rich and poor, between incomer and old-established resident. I was fortunate enough to hear Doreen Massey, who won the equivalent of a Nobel prize for Geography, discuss this very subject in Liverpool in 2006. Doreen concluded thus:
" ... We need to rethink the notion of the identity of place, away from ideas about ownership and towards the recognition of responsibility - including towards the global relations and peoples - upon which any place depends. Liverpool's Slavery Museum is an attempt to recognise the global iniquities upon which its past splendour was built. Ought we not also to enquire into the wider conditions that underpin our present local places?"
So the quintessence of the culture of London is its diversity rather than its singularity. West End Girls meet East End Boys, Sydney!
YouTube - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Summer Series at Somerset House
Out of interest, can you dance, or more daringly, prom, too?
FT - Billy Budd, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK – review
BBC - Prom 60: Britten – Billy Budd