ACFM Trip 43: Cool
What exactly is cool? Well, if it was that easy to describe, it wouldn't be cool at all. In this Trip, Keir, Jem and Nadia wonder if cool comes from within, if cool can ever be politically useful, and what happens when cool is used as a disciplining force. With ideas from Pierre Bourdieu, Norman Mailer and Paul Gilroy, and music from OutKast, Gwen Stefani and Miles Davis, the gang adopt a blank expression to explore the mysterious rules of this singular modern concept. Books: Dick Pountain & David Robins - Cool Rules: Anatomy of an Attitude / Pierre Bourdieu - Distinction: A Sociology of the…
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