The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation

The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religion Questions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionable Includes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theory Provides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in the field who all participated in this unique research project

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xii Artist Statement xvii lessLIE 1. Introduction 1 2. Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response 11 George P. Nicholas and Alison Wylie 3. The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal and Ethical 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 Context of Ethnobiology 140 Kelly Bannister and Maui Solomon (Part I) Conrad G. Brunk (Part II) 8. A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights 173 Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Rosemary J. Coombe with Fiona MacArailt 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