Talk:Collective
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I think an important distinction to make here is between open and closed collective. I have been in and valued collectives that have been 'open' that is open to anyone to join by turning up and becoming active. The special value these types of collectives (or networks) have is that they are permeable to cultural influences from the wider host culture. e.g. Brixton Artists CollectiveThis may make such formations capable of a level of innovative response that closed collectives are not so capable of if we take out definition of the central function of culture to be 'a continual reassessment of the totality'.
I'll see what discussion occurs before amending the front page... Of course it is not easy to define open ness - there are many varieties and degrees of open ness.
