the daggy face of community
Having just written about the Dog’s concept of their community, I now turn to another mag I got in the post–this one from Melbourne Council. Once again, all about ‘community’. How pollies and governmental organisations love throwing that term around. When in doubt, justify with reference to ‘community’.
In March, Melbourne Council hosts the Moomba Festival. The Moomba Festival has been going on for many years, and it is a celebration of all things daggy. They call it a ‘community festival’. It has silly races and competitions and home-made floats and a parade and concerts and fireworks and I’ve never been and I doubt I ever will.
Makes me wonder, does community mean daggy? You get a feeling that the organisers think that if the events are too professionally producers, the ordinary punters won’t go along. The community buys in because it’s so DIY.
But surely there’s a lot of people like me who won’t go near it because it lacks the cool factor!
I know, I’m a snob.
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