In a last couples of weeks, I had received some messages worrying on Cultural Appropriation (C/A) with Nike’s shoes (Nike SB Dunk Low Denim Sashiko: for the photos, you can check tags such as The messages are with sympathy(worries) to the pain that I would be feeling. I really appreciate it. However, Sashiko Nike shoes does(did) NOT hurt my feelings.
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I am still in the process of learning the concept of C/A. Therefore, I do not know if Nike’s Sashiko Shoes will be categorized as C/A. However, as an artisan who tries to pass down the Sashiko we practice, the news didn’t hurt my feelings like someone’s comment saying “Sashiko is Art so ‘whatever’ is fine”. I am responsible to explain this difference & my feeling, so please read the Patreon Article below. I plan to open it to the public for a few weeks.
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Since I am not an expert in C/A, what I write here is a mixture of my knowledge and feeling. I hope the article explains my honest feeling about it. BTY, I personally respect Nike’s vision (The story behind JDI), so I may be biased.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/sashiko-journey-40850536
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ここ数週間、何名かの方から、「淳、大丈夫？」と、新作として発売されたナイキの刺し子シューズ（写真は を見てもらえれば）への僕の思いを慮って下さるメッセージを頂いておりました。このアカウントでも度々取り上げる「Cultural Appropriation (文化の流用）」の痛みがあるだろうとご心配頂いたのですが、ぶっちゃけ、全然痛みは感じてないのです。そもそも論で、僕自身が「文化の流用」という概念について勉強不足なこと。そして、僕が願っているのは、「文化を塗り替えて欲しくない」という思いだけ。なので、痛みも苦しみも感じていないのが正直な所です。ただ、英語圏では説明がいるだろうなと思い、英語にて上記ブログを書きました。日本語でも書こうとは思っているのですが、想いと理解を日本語に訳すと、少し変な感じになるんですよね。まさに逆バージョン。文章にするよりも、配信で語る方が伝わるかもしれませんね。簡単に言うと、「ナイキの刺し子靴を好きな人が、刺し子文化を塗り替えることはないだろ」という思いです。逆に一番不安なのは、「刺し子好きだけど、学ぶのは嫌」って言う人なので。
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2020-08-30 09:48:36
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My view is that Sashiko as much as it is an art, it is a discipline. If an art form/discipline is not performed accurately or is diluted/perverted in any form, it is no longer the same. It should be called something else. There is a difference for example between ramen and spaghetti. Budo and boxing. Sake and beer. One should not be used to misrepresent the other. These are all simple examples. The complexities for me are far deeper. Culturally. The zen. The traditional essence. But unfortunately many do not see this deep and fail to see the true unique beauty of things in life. I appreciate Sashiko as one of them and I can only imagine what it means for you🙏🏾
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Gracias por compartir tu cultura y experiencia
Your work is incredible
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Nike’s use of sashiko is obviously a young’s designer easy pay check no work or development just take which seems to be this days norm.
I just wish they would have used recycled denim or something similar (if they did I’m not aware) . I feel that would have fit more with the heart of Sashiko
I want Nike sashiko shoes. They’re so much more relevant and better.
is this all done by hand?
Now there are too many idiots and assholes in this world who are ready to be offended and insulted for the slightest reason and even without it. Such people should be sent to a psychiatric hospital, and politicians and public figures promoting the victim’s worldview should be imprisoned for the rest of their lives.