2017 is Hull City of Culture. In 2003 we were trashed as the top Crap Town What does culture mean? Let’s take a look because language matters – it really does…
Cultural Studies programmes show a variety of specialisms; media, sociology, anthropology, identity, languages and more. So culture can be context specific.
Is 2017 about the culture of Hull or Hullensian exposure to external icons and events? Six months into our year it appears to be a combination of both.
How do we experience culture? Is it something you do, something done to you or a blend? Does cultural exposure lead to change or after the intervention do we carry on as before.
Do you see where this is heading?
When it comes to changing attitudes and practice, cultural shifts rarely happen without rebooting existing ways of being and seeing. Wider social or institutional incentives are needed to bring about change. When talking about digital capabilities, we shouldn’t forget (although we do) in the same way DC’s are personal, change is ultimately about people and their individual thoughts and feelings.
Tags: culture shift • diffusion of innovations • digital shift • Hull City of Culture • phd • Research • social impact of the internet • TEL • TEL-People