Here is an excerpt from a wonderful post by Jeff Todd Titon, ethnomusicologist , folklorist, musician, professor of ethnomusicology at Brown University. His blog is called ‘Sustainable Music. Find it here
http://sustainablemusic.blogspot.com/
The post is a wonderful discussion about the nature of sustainability in relation to the arts. Of many interesting ideas, what sticks out for me is the following”
…an economics of sustainability that follows the path of the natural world: diverse, interconnected, appropriate in size, and looked after by humans who consider themselves caretakers, or stewards, not owners. Our efforts at cultural conservation result in better best practices when we think of sustainability in these terms rather than in the terms of the economists. Following this construction of nature we emphasize stewardship, not ownership; performance and community, not product and commodity; human rights, not property rights; and not only human rights but the rights of all living creatures. An ecology or an economy dependent on continuous growth must fail.
How does this change our models in the arts world?
On the Territory 