kMO 3/18

The study of sub-cultures is an exceedingly important topic.  In fact, the ideologies that are formed by the language of culture affect our every day life.   For instance most people do not even realize the normalization of performing certain actions that are limited to our own sub-culture. This is because we perform these actions on a unconscious level.  The example of "sub-consciously believing" an r-card can buy you food 1/2 way across the country falls under this theory.

Ordinarily the quote, "Sub cultures represent "noise" (as opposed to sound) interference in the orderly sequence...." would leave me confused and disheartened.  However, after last class period I felt that with our accumulation of information I could understand what this quote actually means.  I believe that it is discussing the fact that people within a subculture do not identify with those of another subculture because their signification of that culture is different... 

Now that leads me to wonder if that is a subconscious or conscious desire.  While thinking of certain situations that could relate to this question I became aware of the fact that most people CHOOSE to distance themselves from a certain culture do to their own sub-culture beliefs.  For instance Punk music and classical movement represent both high and low culture.  People who categorize themselves to be within these subcultures blatently know that they are creating unbreakable barriers... which leads me to the conclusion that most  subcultures CONSCIOUSLY distance themselves from one another...