Have We Just Experienced the Latest Wave of a Tiki Resurgence, and resulting Devolution? - General Tiki

C cheekytiki Member The Haole Hut, London, UK Joined: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 1096	C cheekytiki Posted posted on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 6:03 AM I think we all need to remember that evolution and devolution are two opposites, if something is to survive it has to move forward with the times. It then comes down to personal views and choices, whether you want to see a future for "Tiki" that may be different, but truer to the pop cultural roots (aimed towards a wider market) or live in a romantacised bygone age which makes Tiki sub cultural (not as originally intended anyway)and feeling happy being part of a clique makes you feel "special". Personally even with the mass market items etc being produced, this is what it means to evolve, devolution is when nobody finds it intersting anymore and even the crap stuff has gone. Tiki here in Europe is having a huge resurgence still, partly because it has evolved (for a younger audience, good or bad) and it still feels like it has a long way to go

I think we all need to remember that evolution and devolution are two opposites, if something is to survive it has to move forward with the times. It then comes down to personal views and choices, whether you want to see a future for "Tiki" that may be different, but truer to the pop cultural roots (aimed towards a wider market) or live in a romantacised bygone age which makes Tiki sub cultural (not as originally intended anyway)and feeling happy being part of a clique makes you feel "special".
Personally even with the mass market items etc being produced, this is what it means to evolve, devolution is when nobody finds it intersting anymore and even the crap stuff has gone.
Tiki here in Europe is having a huge resurgence still, partly because it has evolved (for a younger audience, good or bad) and it still feels like it has a long way to go

Post #586553 by cheekytiki on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 6:03 AM