Perceptions that what artists do is “fluff” perpetuate inequality, as people in fields deemed less important are often undervalued and underpaid. Patrick Kabanda thinks it's time to create a Cultural Inequality Index.
In the prelude to my book The Creative Wealth of Nations, I begin by saying that I grew up in two worlds. But honestly, part of me wanted to say something more accurate: I grew up leading a double life because my circumstances, and those of many others, didn’t fit neatly into the boxes where we tend to place them; poverty in one, and wealth in the other, or development here, and underdevelopment there.
While I was drenched in material deprivation, I was also steeped in cultural wealth. The latter manifested itself in music. Indeed, as economic and political upheavals rocked my native Uganda, it was music that kept my spirits high, giving me life-long skills that I gained while trying my hand at the piano and the organ, on instruments that left a great deal to be desired... Keep reading on Medium
In the prelude to my book The Creative Wealth of Nations, I begin by saying that I grew up in two worlds. But honestly, part of me wanted to say something more accurate: I grew up leading a double life because my circumstances, and those of many others, didn’t fit neatly into the boxes where we tend to place them; poverty in one, and wealth in the other, or development here, and underdevelopment there.
While I was drenched in material deprivation, I was also steeped in cultural wealth. The latter manifested itself in music. Indeed, as economic and political upheavals rocked my native Uganda, it was music that kept my spirits high, giving me life-long skills that I gained while trying my hand at the piano and the organ, on instruments that left a great deal to be desired... Keep reading on Medium