Creative Equity Toolkit

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Article

Cultural appropriation of Māori traditions is an exercise in entitlement and privilege

Discussion of the meaning and impact of cultural appropriation of Māori traditions. "While it is often defended as innocent homage or humour, it is in fact an exercise in entitlement and privilege. It is experienced by minority groups as an extension of generations of cultural erasure and replacement."

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Tina Ngata, The Guardian

Worksheet

Cultural appropriation tipsheet

This tipsheet (focusing primarily about Halloween) provides a very good framework for understanding cultural appropriation.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: USA

  • Author: Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Article

Cultural Authority and Consultation

Discussion of cultural consultation and the importance of finding the people in the community with the relevant cultural authority, and the processes they must undertake to provide solid cultural advice. Focused on First Nations but includes good principles for consultation in other cultural communities.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Wesley Shaw, National Association for the Visual Arts

Toolkit

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire

A Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire featuring a version for direct service providers and another for administrators. Describing competency in terms of attitude, practice, policy, and structure, the instrument helps child- and family-serving agencies assess their cross-cultural strengths and weaknesses.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 1995
    Country: USA

  • Author: James L. Mason, Portland Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health

Article

Cultural Competency for Social Justice

A short article introducing the ‘Cultural Competence for Social Justice (CCSJ) model.’ An accessible framework that adopts an intersectional perspective, it offers principles for living and working effectively in culturally diverse environments and enacting a commitment to social justice.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2013
    Country: USA

  • Author: Diane J. Goodman, Commission for Social Justice Education

Glossary

Screenshot of the report cover, featuring a magenta background with words in many different languages

Cultural Diversity and the Arts - Language and Meanings

A consideration of the language of diversity from the Arts Council of Ireland, including terms such as ‘cultural diversity’, ‘multiculturalism’, ‘interculturalism’, ‘discrimination’ and ‘racism’. Looks at contested terms and issues, such as the campaign of the Traveller community to be recognised as a separate ethnic identity, rather than being considered 'minority ethnic'.

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  • 17 minute
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  • Published: 2010
    Country: Ireland

  • Author: Arts Council of Ireland