Appropriation, Appreciation + Commodification
On the opening day of Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, I was on a panel about cultural appropriation and appreciation.Kaiser spoke to the implications of cultural appropriation for consumers. The chance of coming together all of these years later to discuss the same topic in a new context was fortuitous. What I wanted viewers of my documentary in 1999 and visitors to the de Young in 2024 to consider when thinking about this topic hasn’t changed — it’s still all about power. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL