Cultural Appropriation - Academic Roundtable

What is Cultural Appropriation and what not? Come along to a roundtable discussion with four academics to discuss all the complexities and nuances around this debated topic. Dr Angela Puca will chair a roundtable discussion with three brilliant guests. We all look forward to your questions, so make sure the set the reminder to attend this event live and interact in the chat! Otherwise, you’re also welcome to watch it on demand. CONNECT & SUPPORT💖

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- Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 *** our guests *** HELEN BERGER Helen A Berger, PhD is an affiliated scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center of Brandeis University. PUBLICATIONS A Community of Witches https://amzn.to/40mwo2p Voices from the Pagan Census https://amzn.to/3YVC1DC Witchcraft and Magic in North America https://amzn.to/3TsXJO4 Teenage Witches https://amzn.to/3mUMEZZ Solitary Pagans https://amzn.to/40dTVmk Conversation article https://theconversation.com/sage-sacred-to-native-americans-is-being-used-in-purification-rituals-raising-issues-of-cultural-appropriation-198470 SABINA MAGLIOCCO Sabina Magliocco, Ph.D. is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the interdisciplinary Program in the Study of Religion at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. A recipient of Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, SSHRC, Fulbright and Hewlett fellowships, and an honorary Fellow of the American Folklore Society, she has published on religion, folklore, foodways, festival and witchcraft in Europe and North America, and is a leading authority on the modern Pagan movement. Her current research is on nature and animals in the spiritual imagination. Sabina also trained in the Gardnerian and Reclaiming traditions, and is the priestess of an eclectic coven in Vancouver, B.C. Contact: [email protected] Web: https://anth.ubc.ca/faculty/sabina-magliocco/ SUZANNE OWEN Dr Suzanne Owen is an Associate Professor at Leeds Trinity University and researches indigeneity in Newfoundland and British Druidry. Relevant publications: Owen, S (2008) The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality (London; New York: Continuum [Bloomsbury 2011]). https://amzn.to/42t14AM Owen, S. (2020) ‘Is Druidry Indigenous? The Politics of Pagan Indigeneity Discourse.' In G. Harvey (ed.) Indigenising Movements in Europe (Sheffield: Equinox), pp. 71-83. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/indigenising/ Owen, S. (2022) What is a Sweat Lodge? In M. Molly and N. Avalos (eds) Indigenous Religions in Five Minutes. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 190-192. https://amzn.to/3Ju6HpO social media handle: @DrSuzanneOwen 00:00:00 Introduction: Meet the panel 00:03:07 The four main elements of Cultural Appropriation 00:05:11 White sage 00:11:19 Who is upset? 00:16:24 Context is important 00:24:35 When is it appreciation? 00:31:32 Yoga 00:37:43 Commodification 00:46:36 Pineapple on pizza example 00:48:35 Acquiring rights to a practice 00:55:34 Distinguishing between hybridity, syncretism and CA 00:59:22 Ancient cultures 01:08:26 The Sedona Sweat lodge 01:14:22 Patreon questions 01:18:59 Mixed approval and disapproval 01:27:13 Buying indigenous art 01:31:34 A personal calling by a spirit 01:36:21 The role of indigenous scholars 01:46:10 Wrap-up and support Angela’s Symposium