The term itself is not problematic, but can take on a negative connotation when used in opposition to other terms such as “modern” and “progress.” Several scholars have argued that this dichotomy emerged as part of a Eurocentric intellectual and colonial project, which reinforced the idea that non-European cultures were pre-modern and static as opposed to a modern, progressive Europe. This belief established a hierarchy of cultures and peoples, where West was equated to modern and non-West to traditional. This divide still exist today as used in terms such as “traditional arts and cultures” and is commonly associated with ethnographic museums.