Young / Brunk The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1108-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes acomprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral andaesthetic questions that arise from the practice of culturalappropriation.

* Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts,among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religion

* Questions whether cultural appropriation is always morallyobjectionable

* Includes research that is equally informed by empiricalknowledge and general normative theory

* Provides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by thecollaboration of philosophers and specialists in the field who allparticipated in this unique research project

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, James O.

Brunk, Conrad G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors ix
Preface xii
Artist Statement xvii
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1. Introduction 1
2. Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes ofResponse 11
George P. Nicholas and Alison Wylie
3. The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal andEthical Perspective 55
James [Sakej] Youngblood Henderson
4. The Repatriation of Human Remains 72
Geoffrey Scarre
5. 'The Skin Off Our Backs': Appropriation of Religion 93
Conrad G. Brunk and James O. Young
6. Genetic Research and Culture: Where Does the Offense Lie?115
Daryl Pullman and Laura Arbour
7. Appropriation of Traditional Knowledge: Ethics in the Contextof Ethnobiology 140
Kelly Bannister and Maui Solomon (Part I) Conrad G. Brunk (PartII)
8. A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights173
Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Rosemary J. Coombe with FionaMacArailt
9. Objects of Appropriation 211
Andrea N. Walsh and Dominic McIver Lopes
10. Do Subaltern Artifacts Belong in Art Museums? 235
A.W. Eaton and Ivan Gaskell
11. 'Nothing Comes from Nowhere': Refl ections on Cultural
Appropriation as the Representation of Other Cultures 268
James O. Young and Susan Haley
Index 290

Über Autor(innen)

James O. Young is Professor of Philosophy at theUniversity of Victoria. He has published more than 40 journalarticles on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of artand is the author of Global Anti-realism (1995)and Art and Knowledge (2001) and CulturalAppropriation and the Arts (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).
Conrad G. Brunk is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy andformer Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Societyat the University of Victoria. He is the author of numerousarticles and texts on ethical issues relating to technology, theenvironment, law, and professional practice. Dr. Brunk consultsregularly for governments and international organizations onenvironmental and health risk management and technology policyissues.