ART 002: Cultural Appropriation and Trans-creation Flashcards
Dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture
Cultural Appropriation
Distinguished from equal cultural exchange due to the presence of a colonial element and imbalance power
Cultural Appropriation
Use of culture’s symbols, artifacts, genres, rituals, or technologies by members of another culture
Cultural Appropriation
4 Categories of Cultural Appropriation
Exchange, Dominance, Exploitation, Transculturation
Reciprocal exchange of symbols, artifacts, rituals, genres, and technologies between cultures with roughly equal levels of power
Cultural exchange
Use of elements of a dominant culture by members of a subordinated culture in a context in which the dominant culture has been imposed onto the subordinated culture
Cultural dominance
Appropriation of elements of a subordinated culture by a dominant culture without substantive reciprocity, permission, or compensation
Cultural exploitation
Created from or by multiple cultures, such that identification of a single originating culture is problematic
Transculturarion