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Karlie Kloss during Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Image from The Closet Feminist. Katy Perry dressed as a geisha at American Music Awards in 2013. Image from ThoughtCo. Culture Appropriation is an act of using somethings that from other people's culture without showing respect and understanding. A ppropriation occur when a leading group of people utilizes the craftsmanship, culture or religious images, thoughts and expressions from long-marginalized groups to profit themselves.   This kind of issues usually happened in music, fashion, beauty industries. For example, wearing a Pocahontas (Native American) costume for Halloween, or Katy Perry dressed as a geisha at American Music Awards in 2013.  But this does not mean that we can not use other people's culture, Quote from TheStar.com " Cultures are fluid and we constantly appreciate and take from one another." Instead of just making money from other people's culture, we should understand an...

Listed below are the 5 topic choices given for Media Cultures L5: 1. Critically review a local art/design exhibition in-depth. Discuss it in terms of its curatorial goals and exhibition design with related research. 2. Compare and contrast the relationship of celebrities with their fans in two different creative communities. Which one is relatively more healthy in their connections? 3. Exam ine the issue of cultural appropriation within a domain of beauty, fashion or music industry. Why are some communities cautious of, or against this practice? 4. What are some issues and best practices for design in multilingual communities? Write from the perspective of either a graphic designer or interactive designer. 5. Explore a variety of media is used within the context of branding or transmedia storytelling. Does variety dilute the effectiveness of an advertising campaign or story? Among these topics, I am really interested in topic (2) and (3) as I always pay close attention for ...