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Cultural appropriation
Pursuant to a conversation elsewhere, a poll!
NOTE! For the purpose of this poll, "foreigner" refers to someone who is foreign in several ways:
1. he has no familial claim to the culture (no relation by blood or marriage);
2. he does not and has not lived in the culture;
3. he has no deep knowledge or understanding of the culture, and/or does not speak the language.
Use the comments to clarify anything you like.
(Note: I submitted blank answers but that's only so I can easily see poll results without changing them; one should not infer from that that I think all the options are inappropriate.)
[Poll #1267976]
NOTE! For the purpose of this poll, "foreigner" refers to someone who is foreign in several ways:
1. he has no familial claim to the culture (no relation by blood or marriage);
2. he does not and has not lived in the culture;
3. he has no deep knowledge or understanding of the culture, and/or does not speak the language.
Use the comments to clarify anything you like.
(Note: I submitted blank answers but that's only so I can easily see poll results without changing them; one should not infer from that that I think all the options are inappropriate.)
[Poll #1267976]
no subject
I agree with you, and I also think the entire system of cultural exchange won't happen without both types of people - those who want to preserve culture (and therefore maintain something that can be appropriated) and those who want to share culture. I can't help but think that life's a lot more fun with categories that can be shared (and thus necessitate maintenance).