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“The key to understanding the problem in the didjeridoo incident lies in the fact that indigenous people have their territory stolen, their society displaced” and their culture suppressed. When a minority group observes the dominant group wearing their style or creating their art, it is looked upon as if they are taking away something againContinue reading “The Bigger Picture”

During this festival an artist was going to perform “original music for traditional music” but was requested from an aboriginal women that she would stay away from performing this music using an aboriginal wind instrument called a “didjeridoo”. As this piece of instrument is scared in her culture, that only an aboriginal would have theContinue reading “Michigan Music Festival”

Cultural appropriation is the adoption of elements of ones culture by members of another culture. This can get controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from disadvantaged minority cultures. Most instances cultural appropriation is regarded as the un-acknowledgment or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, symbols, art, rituals, music, style, etc… of onesContinue reading “Cultural Appropriation”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”