I'm so glad youtube finally recommends smaller channels. I get to discover gems like this.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

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Very informative and beautifully presented, as usual. I agree with the conclusion, and most of the comments. I have read the Hesse, Castaneda, and art of motorcycle books and they both stimulated my imagination and an interest in further exploring their subjects and fields for myself. I found them enriching and expanding rather than impoverishing and. restrictive. In addition, within the cultures they describe I am sure there are many different interpretations/understandings of what is supposed to be culturally appropriated.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jackie! That's interesting what you said there at the end: perhaps we're wrong to even be judging cultural appropriation with a rigid set of criteria derived from contemporary US ethics. Perhaps we should indeed look more at how the cultures we're taking content from would judge the act of taking according to their own moral standards. Thanks!

What do YOU think? Have you made any experiences with cultural appropriation yourself? Have you been accused of it? Or have you been a victim? Tell us right here! Thanks!

I agree with you ,and 23:22 I have not been accused of or have been victim of cultural appropriation that I'm aware of Thank you as always can't wait for the next video.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment!

Great topic! For me Cultural appropriation seems like a very Western, mostly US thing. It can't exists here in the Balkans or in China. Is baklava turkish or greek? Who knows! Is a greek making so called turkish sweets stealing turkish culture? Can the turk prove that they are turkish? Is a turkish person playing a buzuki stealing greek culture? Can a greek or bulgarian prove that tambura is theirs only? The lines are so blurry that it is impossible! Every tribe has influenced another tribe and has been influenced by a third one. Colonial countries like the US have no original culture so to say (poor natives have been decimated) since they are an agglomeration of different (mostly european and african) immigrants. So they emphasize Cultural Appropriation as virtue signaling. If you are using other peoples customs or music or whatever, just do it with respect to make yourself or others happy - that's all, there's nothing too complicated.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

I agree with you, especially when cultures are so close to each other like the Greek and the Turkish one. But even then, I guess, you could get into trouble if you order a Greek coffee in Ankara or a Turkish coffee in Athens? Sometimes people are very protective of their cultural assets, and I can understand that too. Our culture is a big part of our identity as individuals, and the animosity between Greeks and Turkish people shows that quite well. It doesn't help that they share much of their cultures. They still insist on the differences in order to forge their unique identities. China is actually another example. It is a big country with a great cultural diversity, and when it was unified over the course of history, many small cultures within it were in danger of being assimilated and losing their cultural identities. Although, as you say, they probably wouldn't put it in terms of cultural appropriation, the loss of cultural identity is a problem for many cultures. Thanks!

@sixfigureskibum

2 ай бұрын

??? Cell phones television and blue jeans are purely American western coultereal phenomenon. Air conditioning and processed foods. Automobiles and corn... you don't have potatoes ? Bananas? Or coffee? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@sixfigureskibum

2 ай бұрын

​@@dailyphilosophycoffee is American. All other cpulters have appropriated it.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

​@@sixfigureskibum Unfortunately, that's incorrect. Coffee originated in Yemen or Ethiopia (there's some uncertainty about that) and was popular in Europe already in the 17th century, particularly in England, from where it was brought to the Americas. We may credit the US with the invention of Starbucks, though. Thank you for your comment!

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@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I can agree with the analysis, but products of the imagination are free to those with an imagination. We should always have the freedom to dream and imagine.

I never understood the whole virtue signaling that is cultural appropriation denunciation. From my point of view it is only toxic to denounce cultural appropriation. First of all it's premise is that geography and ethnic can be separated and enclosed witch share way too many similarities with the premises of all the racist and nationalism ideas. Secondly it assumes that everyone from the same ethnic and geographic origin share the same culture and that those cultures are immovables. That's plain stupid as I don't think I share most of my culture with my great grand parents or even half of my country for what matters. Social background will also play a lot in once culture. And assuming that one belong to a culture is kinda racism. Third culture evolve all the time and prosper/adapt to new world and morales by adding new views, members and taking from other cultures. That even the whole premise of a melting pot culture. Saying that let say Chinese culture should be reserved to Chinese (and please find me a non xenophobic/racist definition of what Chinese are in a cultural sense) has the pervert effect of slowing Chinese cultural influence and growth. From my point of view people acknowledging and adopting foreign culture is just a heathy thing to appen for this culture and for humanity as a whole.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great comment! I absolutely agree with you that the topic is very complex, and you have many valid points. Sharing culture on equal terms and motivated by love for that culture is one thing. But if you look at the case of Castaneda, discussed in the video, who took cultural bits and pieces from a small tribe and made millions selling books about these topics, without giving anything back to that tribe, doesn't this look a bit more shady? Maybe we shouldn't give it a special name, like "cultural appropriation", but just call such cases "commercial exploitation" and exempt other cases that reuse or adapt cultural content in good faith and without commercial motives. One could make another whole video about these questions! Thanks!

@charlescassier3199

2 ай бұрын

@@dailyphilosophy I would agree on the more shady aspect of those case that you describe. But for me it looks like those case fall into those category because of there deceptive nature more than because of their "cultural appropriation" element. Would Castaneda as preface his book with, this is a fiction inspired by my view and understanding of this tribe, the whole discussion would be way different. Because one is allowed to reflex and share his reflection regarding a foreign culture.

If I marry someone of a different culture / race, and we have a child, then my offspring has genes that are NOT mine. Could I make any claim to that culture? Human genetics are, in a way, like human culture - while endlessly variable, they also belong to all of humanity. The species is richer for the many expressions. Pretending to be another culture - like those recently who have profited from pretending to be of a different ethnicity, is morally wrong. But so is pretending to be a licensed contractor and taking advantage of people who hire you. Deception is often morally wrong, but because it is deception, not because it is cultural appropriation. But please, let me enjoy my taco without being accused of cultural appropriation.

Devolution? Isolationism? Or progression and foward development? The book Sidartha has opened the doors of perception in western materialists. Making the world a better place. Here you are apropriating the value it created for your own. Crazy how you became the very thing you are attacking . None of this has any real benifit to anyone but you 😂

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! An academic discussion is not appropriation, and I don't quite understand what you mean with this video having "real benefit to me". It cost me a week of my life to make, and it will earn me less than one US dollar this month. Education has a value for the community, not for the creator. Things change, of course, if one is Mr Beast, but you're certainly overestimating the value of these videos to small creators. It's a work of love, not something we do for any tangible benefit.

How about I do whatever I want to do and you mind your own business.

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

As a philosopher, this *is* my business! 😂

Like 45. Very informative and beautiful video. New subscriber please stay in touch 😊

@dailyphilosophy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!