Saturday, April 28, 2012

Seminar: Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century



Abstract

At the onset of the 21st century, cultural diplomacy is encountering new challenges as policymakers, artists, and cultural leaders adapt to a rapidly changing global environment. This change is being driven by multiple factors, including the emergence of a multi-polar world, the growing influence of rapidly developing nations in Asia, South America, and the Gulf, increasing urbanization, rising educational levels, and accelerated scientific and business innovation. At the same time, the arts are experiencing seismic shifts emanating from more pluralistic and inclusive definitions of culture, a greater preponderance and acceptance of arts activity at all levels, and increased participation in the arts through broadcast, digital, and social media. Making matters even more complicated, our world is being recast by forces of cohesion and division. While digital technology and integrated markets are interconnecting global societies as never before, political, cultural, and religious tensions continue to create divides. Thus, the landscape for cultural diplomacy has changed dramatically and, consequently, the priorities and methods of cultural diplomacy need to change with the times and align more fully with new modes of cultural and political engagement.

The revitalization of cultural engagement will require new energies and forms of collaboration between artists, cultural organizations, governmental and intergovernmental bodies, private foundations, corporations, and other citizen groups. The purpose of this Salzburg Global Seminar session is therefore to conduct an informed exchange among these constituencies, by bringing together policy experts, artists, cultural leaders, heads of cultural institutions and foundations, corporate leaders, and others committed to international cultural engagement to explore the evolving purposes, forms, and tools of cultural diplomacy in the 21st century. Plenary sessions and working groups will focus on the following themes: new pathways for government-sponsored cultural diplomacy; cultural organizations on the frontlines of arts exchange; new roles for NGOs and the private sector; and cultural diplomacy and exchange in the digital age. The convening is intended to foster a fresh exchange of ideas and to develop new rationales and approaches for cultural engagement at a pivotal moment in the evolution of cultural diplomacy.

The Program of the Seminar

Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century 490th Salzburg Global Seminar

Saturday, April 28 – Wednesday, May 2, 2012

PROGRAM

SATURDAY, 28 April 2012

PARTICIPANT ARRIVALS

12:30 Lunch
15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY MEETING

Stephen Salyer
President, Salzburg Global Seminar
Margaret Ayers
President and CEO, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Susanna Seidl-Fox
Program Director, Culture and the Arts, Salzburg Global Seminar

17:30 TOUR OF SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON

The Historic 18th Century Home of the Salzburg Global Seminar

18:30 DINNER

19:30 OPENING ROUNDTABLE

THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ARTS ENGAGEMENT

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto (Session Rapporteur) Writer, Arts Consultant,
New York, United States and Budapest, Hungary
Karen Hopkins, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, United States
Arturo Navarro, Executive Director, Mapocho Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
Yasushi Watanabe, Professor, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Xiang Xiaowei, Deputy Director General, Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Followed by RECEPTION

SUNDAY, 29 April 2012

9:00 PLENARY I: RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

KEYNOTE
Michael Kaiser, President, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

RESPONDENTS
Sari Bermudez, Chief Executive Officer, Inter-American Culture and Development Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States; former President, National Council for Culture and the Arts, Mexico
John Brown, Author, John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States
Joy Mboya, Artistic Director, The GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Corina Suteu, Director, Romanian Cultural Institute, Romania, New York, United States

DISCUSSION

10:30 Coffee/Tea
11:00 PLENARY I BREAKOUT SESSIONS

12:30 Lunch

14:00 PLENARY II: SHIFTING ECONOMIC POWER: NEW PARAMETERS OF ENGAGEMENT IN A MULTI-POLAR WORLD

KEYNOTE
Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society, New York, United States

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

RESPONDENTS
Raj Isar, Independent Cultural Advisor; Professor, Cultural Policy Studies,
American University of Paris, France
Moukhtar Kocache, Program Officer, Ford Foundation, Cairo, Egypt
Michael Schindhelm, Writer, Cultural Manager, and Theater and Film Director, Zurich and Moscow
Claudia Toni, Expert on Public Policies for Arts and Culture; Chief Consultant
for Music and Dance, Sao Paulo State Public TV and Radio, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DISCUSSION

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 PLENARY II BREAKOUT SESSIONS

18:30 Dinner

20:00 FIRESIDE CHAT THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur
Michael Conforti, President, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Görgün Taner, General Manager, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Mats Widbom, Director & Cultural Counselor for Sweden, The Swedish Institute,
Paris, France; former Director, Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden

MONDAY, 30 APRIL 2012

9:00 PLENARY III: CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL RELATIONS

KEYNOTE

Vernon Ellis, Chair, British Council, London, United Kingdom

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

RESPONDENTS

Basma El Husseiny, Managing Director, Al Mawred al Thaqafy, Cairo, Egypt
Olga Garay, General Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California, United States
Rita King, Vice President of Business Development, Science House, New York, New York, United States
Lowery Stokes Sims, Charles Bronfman International Curator, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York, United States

DISCUSSION

10:20 GROUP PHOTO

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 PLENARY III BREAKOUT SESSIONS

12:30 Lunch

14:00 PLENARY IV: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: THE
FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT

KEYNOTE

Oussama Rifahi, Executive Director, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Beirut,
Lebanon

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

RESPONDENTS

Joshua Fouts, Executive Director, Science House Foundation, Science House, New York, United States
Dieter Bogner, Museum Planner, Art Historian, Author, and Collector of Site-Specific Contemporary Art Installations, Vienna, Austria
Susan Sollins, Executive Director, Art21, New York, United States

DISCUSSION

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 PLENARY IV BREAKOUT SESSIONS

18:30 Barbecue

TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012

9:00 SMALL WORKING GROUPS PREPARE FOR FINAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 PLENARY V: SMALL WORKING GROUPS REPORT BACK

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

DISCUSSION

12:30 Lunch

13:30 PLENARY VI: REFLECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS

MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur

15:30 Time to visit Salzburg

18:30 RECEPTION

Venetian Room

19:00 CONCERT

20:00 FINAL BANQUET DINNER

Followed by PARTY

WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
Departures after Breakfast

1 comment:

IsabelWhisson said...

Cultural diplomacy is an important concept and one that more people should become familiar with. Diplomacy need not only take place between governments, by expanding into an activity that takes place between civilian organisations stronger bonds can be built between cultures, which is one of the main purposes of traditional diplomacy in the first place.
Other forms of diplomacy play an important role too e.g. citizen diplomacy - where citizens build relations in representation of their country, and grassroot diplomacy which is an interactive mutual activity between both political leaders and ordinary citizens.