Cultural Appropriation Flashcards
is the legacy of attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.
Cultural Heritage
Defined as property that is passed from generation to generation, protected as cultural property
Cultural Heritage
Cultural property may be _____________
natural
man- made
tangible
intangible
The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. Of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.
Cultural Appropriation
The act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own especially without showing that you understand
or respect this culture (Cambridge)
Cultural Appropriation
Taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else’s culture
without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture’s dance, dress, music, language, folklore,
cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc.
(Scafidi, 2017)
Cultural Appropriation
The illegal, unfair, or unjust usage or taking of something that belongs to someone else. So, when someone is accused of cultural appropriation, they are accused of
taking or using elements of a culture to which they do not belong. (Cole 2017)
Cultural Appropriation
“Arts and letters shall enjoy the patronage of the State. The State shall conserve, promote, and popularize the nation’s historical heritage and resources as well as artistic creations.”
The 1987 Philippine
Constitution, Article XIV Section 15
Culture as a Human Right, Culture as a reflection of national identity, Culture is for the people
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Ra 7356)
Administers the heritage act
Supervises all cultural agencies, including the National Museum
Is mandated to protect, conserve and popularize cultural heritage
Quasi-judicial agency
In charge of repatriation of cultural property
The National Commission
For Culture and The Arts
Section 17 of the Constitution states
that the State shall recognize, respect,
and protect the rights of indigenous
cultural communities to preserve and
develop their cultures, traditions, and
institutions. It shall consider these
rights in the formulation of national
plans and policies.
IPRA (INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT)
Codified practices in conservation
Allocated jurisdictions and
instituted legal remedies
and quasi-judicial processes
to prevent destruction of
heritage (cease&desist order)
Unintentionally created the
practice of heritage law
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT (2009)
An Act providing for the protection and
conservation of the National Cultural Heritage - its property and histories and the ethnicity of local communities
REPUBLIC ACT 10066.
CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009
“For purposes of protecting a cultural property against exportation, modification or demolition, the following shall be considered Important Cultural Property, unless declared otherwise by the pertinent cultural agency.”
Article 3, Section 5
______________ would include works such as “those by Manlilikha ng Bayan and National Artists, archeological and traditional ethnographic materials; those by heroes; marked structures and structures dating at least 50 years old; and archival material/documents at least 50 years old.”
Cultural property
