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When cultural appropriation concerns affect cross-cultural craft learning

I learned traditional Korean pottery techniques but I am not Korean and people question whether I have the right to make this kind of work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The boundaries of cultural ownership create anxiety around the universal human desire to learn from all traditions.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Craft traditions across cultures — the shokunin?”

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