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Representation & cultural practice · Working

Cultural authority

ELI5

The standing, knowledge or relationship needed to speak for, interpret or handle culturally specific material responsibly.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the cultural authority before work begins.”

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Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.