Journal 6

Journal 6

According to the article, a bare repetition is a replication of the same colonized understanding of native culture, giving the example of remixing the Santigold track with a powwow song. Another example I could give of this would be the movie Avengers because it is a popular modern collaboration of Marvel’s superhero’s leaning to fight together as a team. This movie would typically reach younger ages but because of the modern day blend, it might draw an older audience who want to watch their favorite childhood characters mesh with others. Arola and Arola also tell us that ethical assemblages involve keeping both the idea of peoples and culturing in mind when working with the rhetorical potential of assemblages encourages a richer understanding of both purpose and audience- “why, and for whom does this benefit?” Another example I could give representing the idea of an ethical assemblage would possibly be the song “Blessings” by Chance the Rapper. I choose this because Chance combines Christianity into his rap music- which are typically two separate entities. Not only that but they both cater to specific cultures and people. This audience would primarily be millennials, but because of its Christian content it might reach a more wide spread audience for those that are religious. At the beginning of the article they mention, “I don’t think it’s strange.... As for some people thinking it’s disrespectful, we’re not remixing any honor songs.” That said, I don’t think they are composed to be hurtful and should instead be viewed as creative. Fair Use doesn’t always ensure that assemblages do more than create bare repetition, meaning that circulation can affect an assemblage’s status and they can be misinterpreted. The distribution and circulation of assemblages position the authors, subjects, and readers because it transforms a work or text into a combination of similar components and then is received differently (whether good or bad) by either the audience or creates an entirely need genre for the subject.