The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation.

Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religionQuestions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionableIncludes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theoryProvides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in the field who all participated in this unique research project

James O. Young is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria. He has published more than 40 journal articles on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of art and is the author ofGlobal Anti-realism (1995) andArt and Knowledge (2001) andCultural Appropriation and the Arts (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).

Conrad G. Brunk is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and former Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria.  He is the author of numerous articles and texts on ethical issues relating to technology, the environment, law, and professional practice. Dr. Brunk consults regularly for governments and international organizations on environmental and health risk management and technology policy issues.

Notes on Contributors ix

Preface xii

Artist Statement xviilessLIE

1. Introduction 1

2. Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response 11George P. Nicholas and Alison Wylie

3. The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal and Ethical Perspective 55James [Sakej] Youngblood Henderson

4. The Repatriation of Human Remains 72Geoffrey Scarre

5. 'The Skin Off Our Backs': Appropriation of Religion 93Conrad G. Brunk and James O. Young

6. Genetic Research and Culture: Where Does the Offense Lie? 115Daryl Pullman and Laura Arbour

7. Appropriation of Traditional Knowledge: Ethics in the Context of Ethnobiology 140Kelly Bannister and Maui Solomon (Part I) Conrad G. Brunk (Part II)

8. A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights 173Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Rosemary J. Coombe with Fiona MacArailt

9. Objects of Appropriation 211Andrea N. Walsh and Dominic McIver Lopes

10. Do Subaltern Artifacts Belong in Art Museums? 235A.W. Eaton and Ivan Gaskell

11. 'Nothing Comes from Nowhere': Refl ections on Cultural

Appropriation as the Representation of Other Cultures 268James O. Young and Susan Haley

Index 290