Collective

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Most commonly used as an adjective to describe an activity or a phenomenon made up or derived from a joint effort of individuals, for instance, collective conscious (Emile Durkheim), collective unconsciousness (Jung), a collective farm (USSR). 'Collective' can also be used as a noun, to describe particular dynamics of a collaborative group, usually denoting a more fluid composition of members and a larger number of participants. For instance, a music group can be called a collective if the members of the group are not exclusively part of one single group, but of several, and perform or practice in different numbers and variations of the members at different times. Example: Broken Social Scene. Also: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, currently featuring Mark Ford of The Black Crowes. Artist Beck, performing live, is a collective - while playing every instrument by himself on studio-recorded albums, his live shows engage individual artists performing different roles and playing different instruments.

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