Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Exchange

Let us look into Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Exchange, there are times that many of us misunderstood about the differences about the meaning of "exchange". Cultural appropriation are done by many, but understood by a few. The key understanding of cultural exchange, is where one culture try to learn another culture. They exchange information between each other to learn more about them.

 So what is culture? Define by Edward Burnett Tylor

"Culture, or civilization, taken in its broad, ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society."

Cultural exchange as a good way, where we can understand about those which come from different places, living style and the histories behind. Approach it by study its meaning, try to experience it by joining events spreading of culture from one civilization to another. It is one of the best aspects of human experience language, clothing, food, music, art, and so on, through interaction with others, to enrich our lives with new perspectives and knowledge.

On the other hand, cultural appropriation means by taking things and idea without someone else’s culture without permission.This create many issues like being call 'racist', because an act of thinking that culture should look that way.  It is use without the understanding behind all these transitional artifact, using it with the idea of stereotype. 

As an example of appropriation of Indian culture in Coldplay and Beyoncé’s “Hymn for the Weekend” music video. Because the misused of the 'The Bindi'. In Hinduism, the bindi is the symbol that symbolizes the meaning of creation, and in other religious or cultural traditions It is also the third eye. It signifies that a married women, with true love and prosperity.  

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This video show the explanation between appropriation, exchange , appreciation. 

Reference 

Ancient origins (2016) 'Bindi: Investigating the True Meaning Behind the Hindu Forehead Dot '. [Online] Available at : http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/bindi-investigating-true-meaning-behind-hindu-forehead-dot-007272.  [Accessed 21 June 2017]

Cole. L. N (2017) 'Definition of Cultural Appropriation'. [Online]  Available at :https://www.thoughtco.com/cultural-appropriation-definition-3026068. [Accessed 21 June 2017]

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Ratnapalan, L (2008) 'E. B. Tylor and the Problem of Primitive Culture'. [Online]  Available at: http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.herts.ac.uk/login.aspxdirect=true&db=hlh&AN=33826391&site=ehost-live.  [Accessed 21 June 2017]

Okazaki,,S (2011) 'What Can We Gain Through Cultural Exchange?'. [Online]  Available at : http://www.mukogawa-u.ac.jp/~arch/staff/pdf/0-1_Preface.pdf.  [Accessed 21 June 2017]