LibraryScenariosWhen personal heritage feels performative in contemporary contexts
Scenario

When personal heritage feels performative in contemporary contexts

I want to incorporate my grandmother's Puerto Rican lullabies into my indie rock songs but every time I try it feels like I am exoticizing my own heritage

Mura
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-consciousness about cultural authenticity creates distance from the artist's own inherited traditions.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cross-cultural creativity — aesthetics across traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.