I continue writing about Cultural Appropriation (C/A) in Sashiko a bit more. It is important. If you do not like what I write here, please read the previous posts before reacting.
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First, please understand that I am a real human – not a machine. I am learning how to survive on the Internet, but it hurts. I am not immune. I post everyday with my own feelings. I am here to learn as well. A thoughtful comment is appreciated. I am not only asking for an agreement. However, DO NOT DELETE the comment when you criticize me. Yesterday, one insulted me on nothing I said, and then deleted the whole comment (I have S.S. saved). That’s just inhumane. It is similar to slapping someone’s face out of nowhere and saying “Oops” and getting away with it. Be a human. Please.
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I need to educate myself more with the difference between Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation. I appreciate that you appreciate (enjoy) Sashiko & its culture. Some of us may jumble these 2 words together, though. I will find time & share my understanding. With respect, using the word “Sashiko” is fine by me. I just do not want “Sashiko” to be filled with something different from origin. Once, I received a comment saying “Why don’t you just feel fortunate that we are using your word (Sashiko)?” I guess this kind of “mindset” should not be categorized as either Appreciation or Appropriation. There should be a word for this ignorance?
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Again, if you disagree, please read what I have been writing before reacting. I am fine to call your stitching Sashiko when you “try to respect the Japanese-ness” behind the word. If you do not care about Japanese-ness, then don’t use the word that doesn’t belong to you.
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英語長くてすみません。最近変な人に絡まれることが増えてて（笑）。日本語での刺し子の紹介は、個人アカウントでやろうと思ってます。是非そちらもフォロー頂ければ嬉しいです。@sashiko_dad です。
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2020-11-04 08:49:20
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Thank you for all of your work and sharing your knowledge with us! I always look forward to reading your posts because I always learn something new that I could have never found out through research alone. Thank you again for sharing.
I call it cultural pollination. It negative if u r negative. We r in open societies and with great exposure artist get influenced. The problem in the west is it refusal to acknowledge its roots. What’s offensive is when they say they made it better. Kinda like gospel. Koreans luv it. They sing like the Black churchYet the day they luv the music. Stop making it a big deal. Make art. Have fun! Tell the world how you were inspired. I luv Asian Art and culture. Makes my soul smile. I am honored to start out copying but I am going to use it to create some thing new. 💓🌹🤗❤️😇🌹🙏🏾❤️
I always have often wondered about Tartan as a cloth being world wide and how that impacts feelings of traditional owners of the patterns? But that is a different story different culture altogether.
I think that is a very important question. Since The quarentine Began, being home was almost driving me crasy. I just stumbled in that embroidery. So I started to see lives. I saw somes of yours. I really don’t know if I’m doing sashiko or somethink else. I read and ser a lot abaut japanese culture. I saw a lot of sorts of lives… very diferents tipe of work under the name sashiko. I only can tell you that is doing my quarentine beter. Probabily the result is not a sashiko 🤷♀️.
Sorry for my english…
It’s awesome you’re addressing this and I appreciate your perspective. Love your work too. Keep sharing please!
I can relate with what you wrote because I find something similar happening in music. I play medieval european music, BUT i’m not medieval and not 100% european, so is it okey to call My music “medieval”? Is something that happened in a certain moment in history, there is not any way to really hear How music what at that time. There is no way to be truly “authentic”, but I think what matters is to respect others approach to the same repertoire and trying to understand the culture beneath it.
Appreciate your time and contribution to my learning 💛
What do you think of the phrase “Sashiko like”?
Beautifully said 🙌🏼
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I agree with you. Learning a technique doesn’t made the person who learns an inventor of that technique. Is very important for the people outside the communities that traditionally use and made the techniques aware of the origins and original uses. Even more if they are going to recieve money for the things they make.
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