People still sustain cultural commons daily despite hyper-consumer society
Evidence
Chapter 9, Teaching for the Commons, extends the earlier discussions of the cultural and environmental commons discussed in Chapters 7 and 8 into an examination of our own commons-based practices as they still get practiced in consumer cultures. While many of us can readily identify the environmental commons, it is increasingly difficult to understand how the cultural commons still play out among us in this hyper-consumer culture that we live in today. And yet, we do share practices and beliefs that are of mutual benefit to us, that do not cost us money, and that we use on a daily basis to survive. The cultural commons are as simple as the exchange of favors—borrowing sugar from a neighbor or trading childcare with a friend—or as complex as the doctrine of habeas corpus, or the other institutions and practices created by our Constitution. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 133
Categorization
- DEFINE: Concrete continuum from borrowing sugar to habeas corpus makes the cultural commons graspable for classroom use.
- SEED: Could be an essay angle: teaching students to inventory their own daily commons-based practices as first step toward eco-justice pedagogy.
- XREF: connects to: The cultural commons are shared practices and goods never requiring monetary exchange — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 131; Most people still held civic community spirit despite decades of atomizing capitalism — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 771; Modern societies still sustain intensive trust in family and friends — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 867 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Most people still held civic community spirit despite decades of atomizing capitalism
#corroborates(0.95) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 771 - Collective action sustains commons for symbolic as much as material ends.
#expands(0.90) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 76 - Commons persist through symbolic meaning even after losing economic purpose.
#expands(0.85) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 75 - Cultural resistance to market pressure remains possible despite capitalism’s dominance
#corroborates(0.85) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 21 - Cultural resistance to market forces remains possible through collective choice
#corroborates(0.85) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 21 - Modern societies still sustain intensive trust in family and friends
#exemplifies(0.80) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 867 - Commons function as social resources binding communities together, not just property rights.
#expands(0.80) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 10 - Persisting commons are sustained more by identity and wellbeing than by economic yield.
#corroborates(0.80) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 89