Retailers run the risk of cultural appropriation when they commodify festivals from minority groups without acknowledging the religious context.
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The producers are recasting the show as a documentary. The original version would have done more harm than good for the causes being showcased, two scholars argue.
War rugs are more reflections of market forces than memorials to suffering.
As the Nigerian tradition of dressing in matching outfits for special events continues to grow in popularity, it brings with it a threat of social exclusion.
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Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Globalization, Copenhagen Business School
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Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory and Head of the School of the Arts, University of Hull
