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I had a great chat with a friend today about cultural appropriation--and now I'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/
Recommended listening: The film version of Richard Wagamese'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
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
A good thread about cultural appropriation from @ithayla that starts here: https://twitter.com/ithayla/status/980791899232526336
Thread on cultural appropriation from @absurdistwords that starts here: https://twitter.com/absurdistwords/status/995992258435518465
"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
Connie Wang
https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/199256/cultural-appropriation-vs-appreciation
"Most voices are calling for . . . respectful reflection about the act of appropriation." https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/1006282040583577600
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
"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
Great article by @Emer_OToole 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
– @jessewente
"The author should have understood that there are limits to their power to take, own, and instrumentalise other's work in order to profit from their labour."
– M Neelika Jayawardane / @Sugarintheplum https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/theft-artistic-prerogative-180912130325682.html
– M Neelika Jayawardane / @Sugarintheplum https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/theft-artistic-prerogative-180912130325682.html
Here'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
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory: "Don't conflate the 3 ways that cultures meet." https://twitter.com/Laakkuluk/status/1113571424822808576
This thread on cultural appropriation will quite possibly make you uncomfortable if you're a white woman. Do yourself a favor: read it, sit with it, think about it. https://twitter.com/ellle_em/status/1297579092477382656
