(June 7, 2017 at 1:30 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Nope cosmetic objects like leather jackets are very different from something ceremonial like a dream catcher. Or as I have seen taking Inuit grave makers (like the one I carved for my murdered mother ) And having some hippy in Toronto turning it into flower pot. Or (true story ) taking Inuit wedding oaths and tattooing it on your ass to pick up chicks. But yes I have problem taking legal action against manufactures of native items and demanding our cut.This kind of thing is very understandable. If someone from another came and peed on a gravestone or something, claims of cultural ignorance wouldn't save them from a ticket or even a beating.
Quote:Nope my definition of culture appropriation is taking key defining or sacred qualities of a culture removing it cultural context and then trivializing it because you think it "looks cool ". ( dream catchers, wedding oaths , grave markers . By the way I define this separately from cultural erasing .Okay this makes sense. Let me say though that I've seen dream catchers being openly sold in native crafts stores in my hometown in B.C. Do I get a pass on cultural appropriation if something has been gifted or sold to me from a member of that culture? What if I grow up in a community where they are a majority, and I know what dream catchers are and take them seriously?
I'm also curious what you think if a white artist takes an interest in the traditional forms used for example in totems, or in traditional dances. Would you take an interest in learning about the culture, if it's sincere, as an attempt to appropriate?
Quote:This is a straw man of my position see above and if your asking how prominent the above is I can tell you it is.Okay, your position actually sounds very reasonable to me, and in many ways I think that native populations in the Americas have a much more legitimate claim to cultural appropriation than do black people who get pissed off about dreadlocks or something like that.