Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Exchange

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This month at winter's bloom we're exploring the themes of SHARING GIFTS and HEALING. In this video Sophia introduces the all-too sticky debate on what constitutes cultural appropriation vs cultural exchange. We're interested to hear your thoughts on the topic, and if you are feeling inspired to get creative with us for this month's themes, reach out to us via email or on any of our social media platforms.
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This is a great perspective, thank you for sharing.
In some ways, I feel like anytime people of different backgrounds interact, cultural exchange is inevitable. We humans are curious and novelty is attractive to us. I don't think many musicians can hear the voice of marvin gaye for the first time and not be inspired to create something with his voice in mind. Likewise, seeing a Dali painting is inspiring as well. I do not think these "passive" cultural influences are a negative thing at all.
Now, when someone makes a verbatim copy of art, food, or fashion in order to make a profit without acknowledgement or payment to the original creator, that is wrong. However, that isn't really a cultural issue as much as a general moral issue. Two people of the same cultural background can also steal from each other in this way. I think there is a spectrum of "cultural theft" that spans from simply being ignorant of the history of a piece of culture, all the way to unabashedly claiming that something borrowed from another culture is an original idea of one's own.
This is really tricky territory because ultimately, the sharing of culture is a great thing. We just want to make sure nobody is harmed in the process.