Cultural Appropriation VS Cultural Appreciation

Martin Friedman, Martina Tam, and Christin Farmer are back to continue their beautiful discussion on cultural appreciation. In their last podcast together they defined cultural appreciation as having a  understanding, transactional, and empathetic relationship with a different culture . Martin begins this podcast by sharing his thoughts on cultural appropriation. He believes that appropriation involves someone in a position of power stealing something spiritual without consent. Martina goes on to point out that taking something spiritual for monetary gain is also considered cultural appropriation. Our hosts have had to honor and collaborate with other cultures in the past. Christin shares a beautiful story on how she honored indigenous and tribal baby wrapping by inviting traditional women to teach a class. She understood that she was not an expert and found a respectful way to offer baby wrapping to her mothers. We want everyone to feel comfortable exploring other cultures without the fear of being accused, criticized, and cancelled. Our hosts agree that doing the work to understand ourselves is the most important step. When we understand our own culture and purpose we accept different cultures in a more loving way. We hope that this podcast can help others understand how to approach  cultures in a respectful way so we can begin building human solidarity together.

Show Notes:

• 4:11 Christin and Martin discuss how we move from appropriation to appreciation
• 8:13 Martina shares her thoughts on what cultural appropriation looks like
• 11:55 Our hosts explore the idea of asking for cultural permission and approaching appropriation in a healthy way
• 16:41 Christin shares a story about the time she asked for help from indigenous and tribal people to help teach her clients how to wrap their babies
• 19:47 Our hosts share their thoughts on the different feelings with white people appropriating versus another race/ethnicity appropriating
• 25:09 Christin shares with Martina how she has had to build a better relationship with her own culture to feel secure in exploring different cultures
• 29:35 Martin shares his own thoughts on how he has to hold himself accountable as a white man to be respectful when learning about new cultures and how weaponized accountability is a part of cancel culture.
• 32:19 Christin talks about how learning collective cultural appreciation can help build human solidarity

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