Collectives/Silenzio Statico

The information here is presented as a sort of case study and data to be anlyzed in relation to learning, teaching, and research regarding collectives, art, music and culture.

Discussion/essay questions/ideas
Discussion questions, research ideas, and essay ideas related to above case study are as follow; as noted on collectives, here are some ideas for case study related ideas to consider related to Silenzio Statico.
 * How might this collective influence the culture of Los Angeles
 * How successful has this collective been in reaching its goals?
 * If one were to perform a program evalutation of Silenzio Statico, how might this case study be structured?
 * What information would be useful in performing the case study? How could the data be collected?


 * What factors have influenced the culture and mission of this collective?

Analysis of one aspect
The Silenzio Statico label has on it a band called Drapetomania. Why might the members of this band have this band chosen its name?

According to Wikipedia, Drapetomania was "a supposed mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity. This hypothesis centered around the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape".

Quotes on Drapetomania include, ""What had been drapetomania became depression. [...] Modern man runs away from a life that seems to him a kind of slavery." -psychiatrist Thomas Szasz

Essay/discussion ideas for Drapetomania
Drapetomania is a band, that is part of the Drapetomania collective.
 * Why might musicians in Southern California, choose Drapetomania as a band name?
 * What might that potentially indicate about culture or politics in Southern California?
 * Might band members in Drapetomania be open to an ethnographic interview for the sake of learning and understanding?
 * Why might a band called Drapetomania have songs and lyrics (in Spanish) that "deal with border and police state violence, United States empire, oppressed people/working class struggle," and so forth?