VitaTimH
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that your problem is less with the act of curation per se and more with curation aimed at generating the widest appeal?
Well, I mean it in a few ways. The first and most pertinent to our tiny world is the exhaustive "curation" of web and B&M shops. Totokaelo is an example of this taken just about further than anything else - I'm guessing you know what I mean, so I won't try to list for more examples; but I find the practice boring and tiresome, particularly as the word has become ever-present on the internet in particular. Used to be that a "curator" had a role; now anyone with a tumblr is a curator of fashion/art/comics/whatever. The problem is that "curation" has come to mean "homogeneity," when it means anything at all.
The more important aspect is that, I think, humans operate through analogy. Or at least interesting ones do. So looking beyond obvious connections both shows and inspires creative thinking. There are some semantic issues to deal with, since, you know - to a certain extent everything is curation. But some of the best (museum) exhibits I've ever seen approach curation from a standpoint that showcases collage, for example - referring to artists, media, time periods - rather than rote devotion to a period or school. By over-curating what we consume and what we display (as individuals or as businesses), we cut ourselves off from the better part of the world.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that your problem is less with the act of curation per se and more with curation aimed at generating the widest appeal?