Far Northern Attire

[Mikey_R]

As someone that follows closely indigenous movements from a lot of different parts of the world, although I'm not familiar with the Saami situation or culture, it is truly amazing how people defend and act like companies should be able to use a traditional attire/symbols and gain money from them without EVER involving these groups into the discussion. Just grabbing the aesthetic and using it for profit.

Far worse is the amount of people that are quickly to defend SE using traditional attires to make money but turning the moral compass when it comes to cultural institutions that are made from the people that keep this culture alive and pass on the ancestral knowledge wants the same. You don't even KNOW the moral and values of those that participate in the institution, yet you're certain that they're greedy people that have no point or argument that's valuable to discussion.

It's kinda ridiculous. You treat the institution as some sort of greedy villains, band of thugs that only care about money and you don't bat an eye for this huge gaming company that could be doing better when it comes to dealing with cultural symbols.

Weird to see how for some, their 18 usd 3d clothing for their virtual catgirl is more important than any discussion regarding how we should approach cultural representation and how we are able to do it in a way that includes and promotes those that keep that same culture alive. Imagine being this self-centered.

As a counter point. If you want people to appreciate a culture more, do you not think it would be a good idea to promote it? Rather than going in guns blazing about money, why not take the opportunity to educate people. Something along the lines of, look, this game has added something related to our culture, here is a brief lesson in how this is important to us and what it represents. However, they have not done that on 2 occasions. They have gone in with the aim of getting money, which is exactly the same mentality as the one they are attempting to get money from.

However, that still does not answer the important question, why is this not the case for other forms of cultural wear? Kimonos are very iconic from a Japanese culture point of view, however, you don't see any Japanese people wanting royalties from someone else who is using it in their media, western or otherwise.

Plus, as has been mentioned, there are those out there who do not care that it is in the game and appreciate that a part of their culture has been represented, so again, who does this entity speak for and how have they come to the decision.

So, until the above points can be countered with a reasonable explanation, the only conclusion is, just like everyone else, they are driven by money, being spurred on by the fact Disney let them get away with it.