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In Defence of Cultural Appropriation


Opinion | In Defense of Cultural Appropriation - The New York Times

Appropriation suggests theft, and a process analogous to the seizure of land or artifacts. In the case of culture, however, what is called ...

In defence of cultural appropriation - New Statesman

A student committee at Western University in Canada announced a ban on the wearing of cultural symbols such as turbans, dreadlock wigs and ethnic headdresses.

You Can't 'Steal' a Culture: In Defense of Cultural Appropriation

The debate over what we call cultural appropriation has roots in the justifiable resentment of white pop musicians imitating black genres for monetary gain.

Cultural appropriation: everything is culture and it's all appropriated

It hurts some people and makes others looks ridiculous. It triggers the excesses of identity politics and kneejerk nastiness from the inevitable ...

Commentary: Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible - NPR

Recently, the New York Times published an essay defending cultural appropriation as necessary engagement. But that's a simplistic, ...

Why we need to pause before claiming cultural appropriation

The idea that cultural appropriation is primarily a form of erasure – a kind of emotional violence in which people are rendered invisible – came along later.

IN DEFENCE OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION - Kenan Malik

Cultural appropriation is of issue when there is a power imbalance, as racism only exists in situations of power imbalance. No one can be racist ...

In Defense of Cultural Appropriation - The American Conservative

In Defense of Cultural Appropriation. The good news is that it's here to stay, no matter how many angry Twitter mobs come to kill it.

In Defence of Cultural Appropriation - by Pallavi Aiyar

The “problem” of cultural appropriation in literature is not just about someone writing about something they lack first-hand knowledge of. It ...

5 Things You Don't Realize When You Defend Cultural Appropriation

Cultural appropriation is taking something from a marginalized culture without respect for or knowledge for the people of that culture — and ...

All Shook Up: The Politics of Cultural Appropriation

—without permission.” Similarly, Susan Scafidi, a professor of law at Fordham and the author of Who Owns Culture? Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law ...

Finding the Beauty in Cultural Appropriation - The New York Times

In other words, cultural appropriation might cause outrage, but it will not stop. And so the question is why? What do people get out of adopting ...

Kenan Malik on cultural appropriation - ArtReview

What is really being appropriated, in other words, is not culture but the right to police cultures and experiences, a right appropriated by ...

“In Defense of … “: Historical Thinking and Cultural Appropriation

Historical thinking would, I think, ask us to be attuned to the complexities, ironies and, potential absurdities of the past.

Between Cultural Appreciation and Cultural Appropriation: Self ...

By contrast, a cultural appropriation discourse frames the “taking” of elements from another culture in problematic terms (Ziff and Rao 1997)—as ...

Cultural Appropriation Articles Have Made Us Less Open - Refinery29

The most vitriolic on the left suggest that any cultural swapping is tantamount to acts of visual racism; that using symbols without permission ...

Cultural appropriation - Wikipedia

Cultural appropriation is the adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity in a manner perceived ...

The bane of cultural appropriation | Arts and Culture - Al Jazeera

The campaign against cultural appropriation is part of the broader attempt to police communities and cultures. ... Kenan Malik is a London-based ...

Cultural Appropriation - Frieze

Reviews · In Defence of Discomfort: Kai Althoff's Whitechapel Show is a Dreamscape · BY Nicholas Hatfull | ; News · Damien Hirst Admits 'All ...

Cultural Appropriation Without Cultural Essentialism? - PhilPapers

Is there something morally wrong with cultural appropriation in the arts? I argue that the little philosophical work on this topic has been overly ...