Is culture collectively owned, or exclusively controlled by one community? Does the answer depend on whether we treat culture as an evolving way of life or as physical artifacts? This episode explores the process of how culture is created,  and provides three principles governing who gets to control its usage, representation, and dissemination - 1. effort, 2. ancestry, and 3. restitution. Get better at debating motions on cultural commercialization, integration of indigenous cultures into the mainstream, and representation of culture and history in modern education!