Appropriation
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- | {{Template}} | + | [[Image:Combat de nègres dans un tunnel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel at Night]]'' (1882) by [[Paul Bilhaud]], here shown in the 1887 version [[Appropriation (art)|appropriate]]d by [[Alphonse Allais]] as published in ''[[Album primo-avrilesque]]'' (April fool-ish Album)]]{{Template}} |
- | '''Appropriation''' is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas and is important in many topics, including: | + | '''Appropriation''' is the act of taking [[possession]] of or assigning [[purpose]] to properties or ideas and is important in many topics, including: |
*[[Appropriation (sociology)]] in relation to the spread of knowledge | *[[Appropriation (sociology)]] in relation to the spread of knowledge | ||
*[[Appropriation (art)]] | *[[Appropriation (art)]] |
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Appropriation is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas and is important in many topics, including:
- Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge
- Appropriation (art)
- Appropriation (music) in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of music
- Appropriation (economics) origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land
- Cultural appropriation is the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another.
Etymology
From Latin ad (“to”) + proprio (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”).
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