MONICA MOISIN
Founder of the Cultural Intellectual Property Rights InitiativeTM
"A legal perspective on decolonising fashion, unfair exploitation and commodification of cultural identities. What can GLAMs do about it?"
Starting from the capricious nature of the concept of "public domain" and the controversial positioning of Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs) in this sphere, reducing the phenomenon of cultural appropriation in the creative industries requires concerted action. The existing intellectual property legal tools alone are not sufficient. In the context of a large-scale movement of digitalising intangible cultural heritage, with or without the consent of the Indigenous People and local communities who are custodians of the TCEs and associated TK, what extra-legal tools are available to GLAMs to ensure a fair and equitable management of cultural intellectual property and cultural heritage?