Basotho blankets
Ownership and Appropriation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2254210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuulikki Pietilä (0000-0001-6938-6691, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124-144 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.13823 |
| OpenAlex | W4296312726 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article examines claims of ownership and appropriation of Basotho blankets. Ingrained in the ritual and mundane reproduction of life among the Basotho people of Lesotho, the luminous blankets and their story have enticed many to deal in them. The blankets are manufactured and trademarked by Aranda Textile Mills, and in recent years they have been adapted by Basotho fashion designers, foreign private entrepreneurs, and the Louis Vuitton fashion house and depicted in Marvel's Black Panther film. The diversity of the actors involved has created a complex field of entitlement claims. The article develops a theoretical framework for understanding the processes through which actors claim, appropriate, and transform the value of 'heritage' items. This is done by viewing the actors' efforts as 'scale-making projects' across 'regimes of value' that aim to expand their 'spatiotemporal control' and by viewing the actors themselves as 'brands' posing as originators of value
Aesthetics · Appropriation · Archaeology · Art · Economics · Entitlement (fair division · Epistemology · Livelihood · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Public Spaces through Art
Things to do with brands
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Ethnicity, Inc.
Brands
Uses of Heritage
Heritage
Who Owns Culture?
The Social Life of Things
Sense and essence
Historical Dictionary of Lesotho
Historical Dictionary of Lesotho
The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties
Clothing and Difference
From genericide to viral marketing
Moshoeshoe, Chief of the Sotho
I've Worked Longer Than I've Lived
The Impact of Money on an African Subsistence Economy
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Expectations of Modernity
The Gender of the Gift
The Global Situation
The Semiotics of Brand
Brand displaced
Why Basotho wear blankets
Beasts, banknotes and the colour of money in colonial South Africa
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |