Globalized production erodes the territorial basis of authenticity claims

Evidence

The most powerful form of authenticity thus remains authenticity by origin: the principle that groups who formulate a convention are the best at replicating it. Scotch must be made in Scotland, and bourbon whiskey must be made in Kentucky. Globalization, however, has made this standard more difficult to enforce. In 2010 a Taiwanese whiskey, Kavalan, bested three homegrown scotches at the Burns Night competition in Leith, Scotland. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 274

Categorization

• CANDY: Taiwanese whiskey beating Scottish scotches at Scotland’s own Burns Night competition is a great fun fact.
• XREF: connects to: Authenticity judgments are shifting from origin to method of production — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 274; Geographic arbitrage of scarce goods can manufacture great taste — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 259; Authenticity functions as an exclusions tool guarding cultural production — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 273 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Globalisation produces mutually opposed tendencies, not uniform worldwide change #expands (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 167