Kallie Schut: What is cultural appropriation in yoga?
Kallie Schut: What is cultural appropriation in yoga?
When I am looking for information about yoga - whether in printed form, on social media or on the Internet - I am bombarded by pictures that fetishize Indian culture as mystical, magical practice.
where I find representations and writings of South Asians, they tend to increase the patriarchal structures of self-proclaimed gurus, have financial interests with yoga utensils, teacher training and branding, which are associated with their most important target groups in the West, which are mainly tilted to be embodied women of the mid-range
I am a colored woman with South Asian heritage, and the cultural appropriation of a wisdom tradition for her iconography or one that is restricted by Eurocentric body ideals feels alienated for me - she exacerbates the feeling of separation and loss from my own holy ancestors. The following definition of Professor Scafidi shows how the stripping or pickling of the Cherry of South Asian culture causes damage- especially if those from the culture of yoga lessons and the leadership and decision roles are excluded, excluded or excluded in the design, how yoga develops from a place of justice.
According to Susan Scafidi, legal professor at Fordham University and author of Who belongs? Appropriation and authenticity in American law , "Without the permission of intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expression of expression or artifacts from the culture of another. This can include unauthorized use of dance, clothing, music, language, folklore, kitchen, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc. Supported or exploited paths or if the property is particularly sensitive, e.g.
Even the language of cultural appropriation does not convey the extent of the damage that is repeatedly inflicted on minors and racially racified cultures and peoples. The cultural extraction and exploitation often takes place within a framework in which the culture is consistently decontical textualized, i.e. separated from the rich pluralism of the informing faith and wisdom traditions from which it comes from. It strengthens the dynamics of power, including the brutal heritage of colonialism and the pattern of oppression, which are based on the maintenance of racist and cultural stereotypes and mythologies.
Why is cultural appropriation so harmful?
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Is the source culture and / or the legacy of this culture differently, stereotype or stigmatized in any way? Are you perceived as "less as" by social norms in the West? Do you have less political, cultural and economic influence and power as a group?
was the practice or tradition for financial or status acquisition marketed and used - whereby the most appealing and most accessible parts were divided, packed and sold as a "gift for humanity"?
How much intercultural stress, conflict and communication are there between the generation of South Asian descendants and those with European legacy that today practice yoga? Are the interactions in justice, empathy and respect and is the relationship itself an echo or a subversion of dynamics of power?
What is the depth of understanding of cultural importance and context - i.e. historical oppression and submission, behavioral and ethical values and spiritual philosophy? Are there any indications of widespread mixing, mixing and dilution of cultures through the West? It is likely that their considerations will lead to the realization that there is a reality of inequality in modern yoga.
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2) Build internal knowledge through a strong personal yoga practice by learning from a number of wisdom sources, especially from those from South Asian writers and teachers
3) Connect your heart and roots of yoga by developing relationships across different lines, especially with offspring from the source culture by listening and openness
4) If you assume ethical values that are based on justice and justice and through which you tackle the effects of your words and silence, your actions and inactivity
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