Appropriation

I believe that appropriation is not exactly like plagiarism. It is taking someone else's idea or an idea from a piece of work and making it your own. Artists take ideas from a culture and make it into a piece to portray that culture. But, it is not completely your own which is why it is compared to plagiarism. Plagiarism is just straight up copying exactly what someone else's work is with no changes to it. I feel like both can be seen as a negative thing in art, but appropriation can have a roundabout way of being okay because you incorporate your own personal ideas.