[spectre] TRACING UNDERCURRENTS: Sonic Routes Between

[helen evans]

-- rene beekman wrote: simon, nat, et al.

-- i've been following this discussion with a growing mixture of 
amazement and disgust - i thought the height of political correctness 
was long over, but obviously i was wrong.


hmmm. not sure that being PC is the point here.

> and on a more general note, isolating artists and critics merely 
> because they happen to live in a country with imperialist politics, 
> does not seem as a productive strategy for a critical cultural climate.


well actually it is.
If we don't practice a cultural boycott, aren't we just saying, it's 
(cultural) business as usual?  and that yes, Israel can present itself 
as a 'normal' and 'respectable' member of the international community 
(with an eclectic electronic music scene etc. just like everywhere else).

Isn't a cultural boycott the very least we can do? A peaceful economic 
response that hurts Israeli pockets and pride...

h





>
> nat's message from tuesday seemed, to me at least, like the perfect 
> round-up of this discussion, but obviously that opinion is not shared.
>
> From: Simon Biggs
>
>> Clearly you do not accept the value of this approach. Can I ask you 
>> whether you supported the boycott of SA at the time it happened? 
>> Would you still support it, retrospectively? If not, why not,
>
> [...]
>
>> If you did/do accept the value of the SA boycott then why is this 
>> approach
>> unsuited to the current situation in Israel?
>
>
> simon, quoting from nat's message that you quoted in its entirety:
>
>>> as for the strategy of cultural boykott: i respect your position, but
>>> personally i have never believed in (cultural) collective punishment.
>>
>
> it seems to me that nat already answered all of your questions in a 
> very clear and concise way....
>
>
> best
> rene
>
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