WATCH: Tristram Hunt, Sofia Carreira-Wham and Chidi Nwaubani debate whether museums should return disputed artifacts

Three guests dissect questions about ownership, reparations, colonial legacy, looting and who has the right to care for the world’s treasures.

Chidi Nwaubani, founder of digital art repatriation site Looty, says much of the damage is done and that we should focus on decolonizing our future. He proposes using technology like NFTs to digitally loot the stolen artwork and restore ownership. Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK, debates that artifacts in museums are valuable tools of education and cultural diffusion. Rather than returning all disputed artifacts, he says that we should find a more equitable way to house art in museums in both the global north and global south. Sofia Carreira-Wham, a curator and art advisor, says we must look beyond the museum walls and find meaningful ways to restore wider cultural benefits to the people and communities whose art has been taken from them. Listen to the Doha Debates Podcast as these

Doha Debates Podcast is a production of Doha Debates and FP Studios. This episode is hosted by Afia Pokua.