Art has always been instrumental to culture, both as a reflection of it, and as an influencer. And in an increasingly globalized world, artists have more access to foreign works to either adapt, or influence in their own way. This project explores what it means to practice, adapt, or appropriate art forms from different cultures, and questions how we define cultural “ownership”. It looks at three art forms as case studies — guitar, anime, and hula — and utilizes published literature and interviews with contemporary practitioners or academics as resources.