Fake Art

Discourse data reporter Francesca Fionda and her team examined more than 260 Indigenous-themed items from 40 souvenir shops in Vancouver over five months.

Art is an integral part of Indigenous cultures: an expression of sovereignty, a record of history and law and, for many, a source of income. What happens when that art is threatened by cultural appropriation? This series explores “fake art” or Indigenous-themed art in the tourism industry that’s created without any collaboration with Indigenous communities.

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