I had a great chat with a friend today about cultural appropriation--and now I& #39;d like to open up the topic to you. How do you define cultural appropriation for yourself? How aware of it are you in your work? What resources do you recommend for someone who wants to learn more?
Recommending reading: Thoughts on Appropriation by SJ Sindhu http://www.bgdblog.org/2014/09/can-keep-bold-riley-thoughts-cultural-appropriation/">https://www.bgdblog.org/2014/09/c...
You Can Keep Your Bold Riley: Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation - BGD

By SJ Sindu Recently, a well-intentioned friend of mine sent me a link to The Legend of Bold Riley, a…

http://www.bgdblog.org/2014/09/can-keep-bold-riley-thoughts-cultural-appropriation/
Recommended listening: The film version of Richard Wagamese& #39;s novel "Indian Horse" was made without indigenous people in key roles and behind the scenes. @jessewente talks about why that matters http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1209094211834">https://www.cbc.ca/player/pl...
Recommended reading: about extractive storytelling, cultural appropriation & who gets to take up space (via @tripgore) https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/indian-horse-richard-wagamese-no-indigenous-director/#.WtSl7YBXahk.t">https://nowtoronto.com/movies/fe...
Why wasn't an Indigenous director hired to make Indian Horse? - NOW Magazine

The just-released movie, adapted from the late Richard Wagamese's acclaimed novel about a hockey player who survived Canada's residential school system, highlights problems about who gets to tell...

https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/indian-horse-richard-wagamese-no-indigenous-director/#.WtSl7YBXahk.t
A good thread about cultural appropriation from @ithayla that starts here: https://twitter.com/ithayla/status/980791899232526336">https://twitter.com/ithayla/s...
Thread on cultural appropriation from @absurdistwords that starts here: https://twitter.com/absurdistwords/status/995992258435518465">https://twitter.com/absurdist...
"What is bad is the stealing, laziness, and caricaturing that’s become rampant within creative industries."
Connie Wang

https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/199256/cultural-appropriation-vs-appreciation">https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/1...
"Most voices are calling for . . . respectful reflection about the act of appropriation." https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/1006282040583577600">https://twitter.com/pronounce...
Food for thought from @rebeccamakkai for anyone who wants to approach writing outside your lived experience in a thoughtful & respectful manner. https://twitter.com/lithub/status/1010643784642846720">https://twitter.com/lithub/st...
"Western art cannot be ‘intercultural’ without including historically marginalised people"

Great article by @Emer_OToole https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/30/white-actors-slave-songs-play-cancelled?CMP=share_btn_tw">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
White actors singing slave songs? It’s right that this play was cancelled | Emer O’Toole

Robert Lepage seems unable to see that western art cannot be ‘intercultural’ without including historically marginalised people, says performance studies professor Emer O’Toole

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/30/white-actors-slave-songs-play-cancelled?CMP=share_btn_tw
"Authorship of cinema is dictated by who the creators are, not who is on screen."
– @jessewente https://youtu.be/erl0d1rkq7o ">https://youtu.be/erl0d1rkq...
"The author should have understood that there are limits to their power to take, own, and instrumentalise other& #39;s work in order to profit from their labour."
– M Neelika Jayawardane / @Sugarintheplum https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/theft-artistic-prerogative-180912130325682.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/o...
Theft or artistic prerogative?

Do well-known artists have a right to appropriate other people's photographs to make 'art'?

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/theft-artistic-prerogative-180912130325682.html
Here& #39;s a good thread to help you understand and avoid cultural appropriation, full of practical advice and powerful questions to interrogate your own desire to "write the Other": https://twitter.com/jeannette_ng/status/1056958457432158208">https://twitter.com/jeannette...
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory: "Don& #39;t conflate the 3 ways that cultures meet." https://twitter.com/Laakkuluk/status/1113571424822808576">https://twitter.com/Laakkuluk...
https://twitter.com/keguro_/status/1131437774643634176">https://twitter.com/keguro_/s...
https://twitter.com/WordsandGuitar/status/1140036210158477313">https://twitter.com/WordsandG...
https://twitter.com/tagaq/status/1192462958615564289">https://twitter.com/tagaq/sta...
https://twitter.com/tagaq/status/1202292004413198336">https://twitter.com/tagaq/sta...
This thread on cultural appropriation will quite possibly make you uncomfortable if you& #39;re a white woman. Do yourself a favor: read it, sit with it, think about it. https://twitter.com/ellle_em/status/1297579092477382656">https://twitter.com/ellle_em/...
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