"Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be especially controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from minority cultures."
Who has the right to claim ownership of a cultural practice or artifact? How do issues of authenticity and representation come into play?.
Cultural appropriation: Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate use, adoption or exploitation of another culture's practices or elements without permission, acknowledgement or understanding of its original meaning.
Cultural authenticity: Cultural authenticity refers to the extent to which a cultural product, practice, or element reflects and respects the original cultural values, beliefs, and traditions.
Ownership of cultural practices: Ownership of cultural practices refers to the concept that certain cultural practices, traditions, or symbols belong to a particular cultural group and that outsiders may need permission to use or adopt them.
Indigenous cultural ownership and authenticity: This topic focuses specifically on the ownership and authenticity of Indigenous cultures, whose practices and symbols have often been appropriated without consent or understanding.
Intellectual property law: Intellectual property law deals with the protection of creative works, such as music, literature, art, and technology, and how cultural ownership and authenticity are legally contested.
Cultural preservation: Cultural preservation refers to the efforts to protect and promote cultural practices, traditions, and symbols, and the ways in which cultural appropriation can undermine these efforts.
Colonialism and cultural ownership: Colonialism has played a critical role in the forced assimilation, exploitation, and erasure of Indigenous cultures, which has had profound impacts on cultural ownership and authenticity.
Cultural relativism: Cultural relativism is the idea that cultural practices and beliefs should be evaluated from within the cultural context in which they exist, rather than according to the standards of another culture.
Ethics and cultural ownership: This topic considers the ethical considerations and responsibilities involved in cultural ownership and authenticity, particularly in the context of extractive industries or tourism.
Intersectionality and cultural ownership: Intersectionality is the recognition that people have multiple identities that intersect and interact with one another, and this topic focuses on how cultural ownership and authenticity intersect with issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class.
"Cultural appropriation differs from acculturation, assimilation, or equal cultural exchange in that this appropriation is a form of colonialism."
"Cultural appropriation is considered harmful by various groups and individuals, including Indigenous people working for cultural preservation, those who advocate for collective intellectual property rights of the originating, minority cultures, and those who have lived or are living under colonial rule."
"Cultural appropriation can include exploitation of another culture's religious and cultural traditions, dance steps, fashion, symbols, language, and music."
"Those who see this appropriation as exploitative state that cultural elements are lost or distorted when they are removed from their originating cultural contexts, and that such displays are disrespectful or even a form of desecration."
"The imitator, 'who does not experience that oppression is able to 'play', temporarily, an 'exotic' other, without experiencing any of the daily discriminations faced by other cultures'."
"The 'fetishising' of cultures, in fact, alienates those whose culture is being appropriated."
"Critics note that the concept is often misunderstood or misapplied by the general public, and that charges of 'cultural appropriation' are at times misapplied to situations such as trying food from a different culture or learning about different cultures."
"Others state that the act of cultural appropriation as it is usually defined does not meaningfully constitute social harm, or the term lacks conceptual coherence."
"Additionally, the term can set arbitrary limits on intellectual freedom, artists' self-expression..."
"Furthermore, the term can reinforce group divisions, or promote a feeling of enmity or grievance rather than of liberation." Note: As the paragraph does not contain 20 distinct study questions, some questions may require additional reflection or expanding upon the given information.