cultural appropriation of 'first nation' symbolism in contemporary fashion

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How exotic! How charming!

Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation‘ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

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Nothing is New Remix and Copy-Paste Culture

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The Tale of Inspiration Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

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Naivity and Insult Social Media, Urban Outfitters and an Ethiopian/Eritrean Dress

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Against the Stream of Unconsciousness Creatives promoting dialogue and cultural growth through their work

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Ethical Design Role of creatives in Postmodernist Culture

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Nothing is New Remix and Copy-Paste Culture

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Nothing is New: Remix and Copy-Paste Culture

“Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals.” Jean Baudrillard

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Nothing is New: Remix and Copy-Paste Culture

Vintage Navajo Poncho

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H&M Navajo Style Poncho

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Nothing is New: Remix and Copy-Paste Culture

Urban Outfitters Panties

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Urban Outfitters Flask

Primark Backpack

Urban Outfitters Stockings

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

The Tale of Inspiration Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

The Tale of Inspiration: Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

Galliano for Dior, Fall-Winter Collection 1998, ‘A Voyage on the Diorient Express, or the Story of the Princess Pocahontas’

Galliano for Dior 1998

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The Tale of Inspiration: Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

Galliano commenting on the staging of his ‘Diorient Express’

‘It is a dialogue between past and present. The starting point is usually factual, but we allow our imaginations to run riot. The story happens differently each time. Certain things begin to go around in my head and then we start to embroider on them.’

John Galliano

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Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

The Tale of Inspiration: Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

Adaption of Symbolism for Editorial Design

Fashion Editorial, Vogue 1998

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Fashion Editorial, Vogue 1998

Michelle Williams, for Another Magazine Spring/Summer 2013

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The Tale of Inspiration: Haute Couture and Hipsters enchanted by the Other and Exoticism

Inspired by High-End Fashion and Magazine Culture Hipsters ‘Go Native’

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Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Naivity and Insult Social Media, Urban Outfitters and an Ethiopian/Eritrean Dress

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Naivity and Insult: Current Social Media, Urban Outfitters and an Ethiopian/Eritrean Dress

Eastern African Traditional ‘Hager Lebs’ dress ...

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... sold as ‘Vintage ‘90 Linen Dress’ by Urban Outfitters

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Naivity and Insult: Social Media, Urban Outfitters and an Ethiopian/Eritrean Dress

Activist Lolla Mohammed Nur on youtube.com

Lolla Mohammed Nur’s petition on change.org, started in March 2013

Twitter response on Lolla’s appearance on Al Jazeera English’s talk show ‘The Stream’ May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

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Against the Stream of Unconsciousness Creatives promoting dialogue and cultural growth through their work

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Against the Stream of Unconsciousness: Creatives promoting dialogue and cultural growth through their work

Designer Fashion

Proanza Schouler, Fall Collection 2011

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Against the Stream of Unconsciousness: Creatives promoting dialogue and cultural growth through their work

Collaboration with ‘First Nation’ Artists

Native(x) Company in collaboration with ‘First Nation’ Artists

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Against the Stream of Unconsciousness: Creatives promoting dialogue and cultural growth through their work

Cannupa Hanska Luger: Stereotypes (2012)

The Barrymore

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The Curtis

The Luger

The Stefani

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Ethical Design Role of Creatives in Postmodernist Culture

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Ethical Design: Role of Creatives in Postmodernist Culture

Yet just as human beings make their own history, they also make their cultures and ethnic identities.

No one can deny the persisting continuities of long traditions, sustained habitations, national languages, and cultural geographies, but there seems no reason except fear and prejudice to keep insisting on their separation and distinctiveness, as if that was all human life was about. Edward W. Said

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Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

May 2013 ◊ Lisa Lorenz ◊ MA Design and Art Direction

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

Thank you.

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Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

artists

post-colonialism

websites

Cannupa Hanska Luger Frank Buffalo Hyde Guillermo Gómez-Peña Coco Fusco Jodi Webster Kimiko Yoshida Hannabah Blue

Native American Artists take back the Headdress http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2013/03/native-american-artists-take-backthe-headdress.shtml American and Australian ‘First Nation’ artists talking about their work http://frankbuffalohyde.com/artwork/2063428_ Frank_Buffalo_Hyde_and_Reko_Rennie.html

http://www.nativex.net/ http://www.jezebel.com/ http://culturalappropriationon.tumblr.com/

designers John Galliano - Dior Mac Bishop - native(x) activists Lolla Mohammed Nur exoticism Exoticism in the Decorative Arts http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/exot/ hd_exot.htm This is not a cruise http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article08060708.aspx

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appropriation The Stream When Traditions become Trends https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ksc6KnDMtNU Cultural Appropriation the Hipster Session https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5oNrZt8fWW8 Postmodern Identity Politics http://hemisphericinstitute.org/cuaderno/indigenous_encuentros/pages/interpret_02.html Native Americans take back the Headdress http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2013/03/native-american-artists-take-backthe-headdress.shtml

videos Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1599 No Doubt - Looking Hot http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv0y6d_ looking-hot-no-doubt-official-video_music#.

UYjgNqLZaSp Addams Family 2 - Thanksgiving Scene http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk Steve Aoki - Cudi the Kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMq6MLo_ eSM Ke$ha - BlaBlaBla http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fMDVab94aeM Outcast - Hey Ya! http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=W3tWeE6A3Mw Hannabah Blue - It’s Trendy to be Indian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cST5JSrY1iA

Contexts Presentation ◊ How exotic! How charming! - Cultural Appropriation of ‘First Nation’ Symbolism in Contemporary Fashion

bibliography Primitive Art (1940), Adam, Pelican Books Intercultural Communication (2003), Samovar/ Porter, Thomson Wadsworth Intercultural Communication and Ideology (2011), Holliday, Adrian, SAGE Publications Ltd. Illusions of identity : the art of nation (1993) Willis, Anne-Marie, Hale & Iremonger Orientalism (1978), Said, Edward W., Routledge & Kegan Paul Culture and Imperialism (1994), Said, Edward W., Vintage London Heart of Darkness (1902), Conrad, Joseph The Oxford dictionary of literary terms (2008), Oxford University Press

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