{"id":4469,"date":"2021-08-27T14:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2021-08-27T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:26:29","slug":"counterculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/2021\/08\/27\/counterculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterculture"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI\u2019m thinking about if counterculture can exist by definition.<\/span><\/p>\n

coun\u00b7ter\u00b7cul\u00b7ture<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\/\u02c8koun(t)\u0259r\u02cck\u0259lCH\u0259r\/
\n<\/span>noun
\n<\/span>a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm. “the idealists of the 60s counterculture”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To have counterculture, we must have a prevailing social norm. <\/span><\/p>\n

Over time, what is considered the \u2018norm\u2019 has fragmented further and further until there is no clear perceived mainstream – or no common thread between different variants of mainstream. Those who may have considered themselves part of a counterculture inevitably find themselves in the limelight, integrated.<\/span><\/p>\n

cul\u00b7ture<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\/\u02c8k\u0259lCH\u0259r\/
\n<\/span>noun<\/span>
\n<\/span>the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. “20th century popular culture”
\nthe customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.”Caribbean culture<\/span>“<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The definition of culture leaves little room for anything to be \u201ccounter,\u201d instead it\u2019s clarified through use of the term \u201cpopular culture\u201d alluding to the mainstream.<\/span><\/p>\n

Does a counterculture not become yet another culture for a subset of people to respond to and create an opposing counterculture? It\u2019s all very circular and can leave the mind spinning.<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

On the individual level a culture is just a culture. So what if a group of people collectively prides in contrasting some other culture? It\u2019s still a culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is either \u2018pro-life\u2019 or \u2018pro-choice\u2019 a counterculture? <\/span><\/p>\n

I would argue they are both just a culture, or an aspect of culture by their relation.<\/span><\/p>\n

It could be said that while nothing is a counterculture, everything is a counterculture. Each culture is a response to stimuli or societal context, and therefore it is all counter to what preceded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth debating whether or not the global village we have today enabled the cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Desensitization through continued exposure to a stimuli (or culture outside of what you know) does normalize.
\n<\/span><\/p>

\"\"<\/span>Has the Internet enabled the circular motion of reactions to each other?<\/span><\/p>\n

Has the Internet enabled what is seen outside of the norm to become our perceived norm?<\/span><\/p>\n

Has the Internet enabled us to be as we are, and be considered an acceptable culture?<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m torn.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems to me that perception plays a significant role in differentiating between a culture and counterculture. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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