Embodying Essence in Existence: Liberation Theology & Prophetic Prose in Quaker-African Worldview

Participatory Culture deals with a present culture sensing the context of the contemporary, thus questioning the existence of certain concepts within an existing tradition or culture, then seeking to remix the previous concepts into renewed practices with necessary adaptations in meeting present conditions while savoring its continuity. (Class Notes) A framework is a significant aspect for decision-making because the framework is the figurative root for shaping our perceptions, which our conclusions and actions act accordingly. (Collins Video)Storytellers can develop a more collaborative framework of authorship in this process, co-creating content with space’s participants having different personal visions and experiences while crafting a collective knowledge that is eventually followed with emotionally invested actions. (Jenkins, pg. 120) Upon the construction of a framework for Renewal, a pressing issue emerges in a necessity for change amidst a conflict when evaluating a present cultural tradition’s existence under present contextual conditions. A product of an overlaying dominant culture that is simply consumed reflects a “cheap, mass-produced imitation of the elite style,” but an alternate route is to remix this product rather than reject it completely. (McDannell, pg.164) A Remix generally must be accessible to the collective, consistent with inward truth while opposing dominant structures, and create cultural products through active participation. Generally, the human experience must be utilized in guiding the space to the light, for an eventual transformation. Any rubric for renewal must be Prophetic, Pedagogical and Participatory. A sufficient example of an outline for remixing institutions are the three levels of interaction provided by Quaker philosopher Alastair Mcintosh. Mcintosh claims all are equally significant in preventing human imbalance with the sacred, The Social Level: The Psychological Level: The Spiritual Level.