Who gets to decide what belongs to a culture?

In this episode of Room for Colours, Tina explores one of the most debated topics in contemporary culture: cultural appropriation. As an art historian—and someone who has spent much of her life living between cultures—she finds herself constantly wrestling with this question.

Where is the line between appreciation and appropriation? Can we celebrate another culture without taking from it? And what happens when cultural exchange, which has shaped art and humanity for centuries, collides with histories of colonialism and inequality?

From reggae and dreadlocks to Picasso and African art, this episode doesn't offer easy answers. Instead, it invites us to sit with the complexity, ask better questions, and think more deeply about the stories behind the things we love.

Part 4 of the six-part series Colonialism and Art.

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