Cooperation in a Fragmented World

13. Okt 2021

Online via Zoom

22. Okt 2021

ICRRA Online Conference – with Keynote Speakers Nikita Dhawan, Oby Ezekwesili & Walter D. Mignolo

International Cultural Relations at the Crossroads of Climate, Health and Political Crisis

The pandemic that has been going on for over a year now is exacerbating existing political, social and economic crises. While the urgency of the climate emergency might be recognised by four major international negotiations this year, this and other global crises are also causing further polarisation in societies and being exploited by some for cultural manipulation.

These struggles may be understood as cumulativ or related. Reactions might deepen sectorial governance, or, on the other hand, they might open opportunities to re-imagine and reconceive the spatiality, economy and social formation of international relations. Long-term transformations in geopolitical power distribution, in struggles for social equality and thus even in the very project of modernity might be in sight.

What are 'good' cultural relations practices under these circumstances? How do different cultural actors and academic disciplines conceptualise such processes of (re-)ordering? Are new spaces, new alliances, new network formations, new concepts of belonging evolving?

Researchers, practitioners, policy makers and others interested in the above topics and questions are warmly invited to join ICRRA members to discuss international cultural relations under the overarching theme 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World'

Timetable

Mittwoch, 13. Okt 2021

15:00 - 16:30 Uhr

Walter D. Mignolo: Colonial and Imperial Differences

open to public

15:00 CET
Welcome and Introduction: Lynda Jessup (North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Canada)

15:10 CET
Keynote Presentation: Walter Mignolo

Colonial and Imperial Differences: A Hindrance to Inter-National Cultural Cooperations
There are several issues that need clarification when addressing the topic of International Cooperations. The keynote will focus on two of them. One is the sphere of the State (inter-State rather than inter-National relations) and the other is the public sphere (e.g. the enclosure of the civil society facing immigration and flight) in conflict with the State. The other are the colonial and imperial differences that are hidden under the word 'cultural differences'. Racial, sexual, religious, national, etc. discriminations are preventing today's inter-State and inter-National (the public sphere) relations and cooperations. Colonial and imperial differences are always entangled in power differentials, while cultural differences disguise the imperial differences that today are shaping inter-State conflicts (cf. US/EU – China) and the colonial differences that today divide the domestic relations of the public sphere.

15:55 CET
ICRRA Response: Lynda Jessup (North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Canada)

16:05 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Lynda Jessup (North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Canada)

16:25 CET
Wrap up

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Freitag, 22. Okt 2021

13:30 - 14:30 Uhr

Reflections – Invitation Only

Policy roundtable

13:30 CET
Welcome and Introduction

13:40 CET
ICRRA reflections on conference

14:05 CET
Policy responses and discussion

14:25 CET
Wrap up

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Donnerstag, 14. Okt 2021

15:00 - 16:30 Uhr

Oby Ezekwesili: Recovering Together

open to public

15:00 CET
Welcome and Introduction: Christine Wilson (British Council, UK)

15:10 CET
Keynote Presentation: Oby Ezekwesili

Recovering Together- A Pathway to a New and Inclusive Multilateral System
The Covid-19 pandemic struck at a time our world was already grappling with multiple of crises on which the ineffectual solutions of our existing multilateral order are manifest. The uncoordinated global response was a major reason for the severity of the loss of life and livelihood caused by the health crisis.Evidently, such unanticipated global crises like the health pandemic – that caught even the most advanced societies unprepared – will be more common and of such nature that only cooperation and collaboration among countries can speedily and effectively solve.
Can the world pursue a “recovering together” agenda? Are there prospects for the design of improvements to national and global systems in ways that can respond to common risks which afflict both rich and poor countries? What should the global agenda setting and convening of such a design initiative look like and how can citizens take the center stage in charting that bold path to a more inclusive world that addresses currently intractable inequalities?

15:55 CET
ICRRA Response: Christine Wilson (British Council, UK)

16:05 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Christine Wilson (British Council, UK)

16:25 CET
Wrap up: Christine Wilson (British Council, UK)

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Freitag, 15. Okt 2021

10:00 - 11:30 Uhr

Nikita Dhawan: Global Ethics

open to public

10:00 CET
Welcome and Introduction: Odila Triebel (ifa, Germany)

10:10 CET
Keynote Presentation: Nikita Dhawan

Global Ethics and the Imperative to Save the Planet
In the face of growing global interdependence, there is rising expectation that powerful actors, organizations, and nation states have an ethical responsibility towards the more vulnerable sections of the world population. The demand that transnational elites act beyond narrow territorial-based understanding of self-interest in order to 'protect' victims of injustice, seems convincing, at first glance. However, given the long and violent history of colonial intervention in the non-Western world, current attempts to act in the 'interests' of the distant others often invoke suspicion and distrust. Euro-American supremacism and paternalism are reinstated once again with them acting as dispensers of rights and justice. In my talk I will focus on the role of the State, the International Civil Society and the Market in the context of discussions about growing global inequality and the need for transnational solidarity.

10:55 CET
ICRRA Response: Odila Triebel (ifa, Germany)

11:05 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Odila Triebel (ifa, Germany)

11:25 CET
Wrap up

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Montag, 18. Okt 2021

10:00 - 14:30 Uhr

International Dialogue l Decolonising

open to public

FORUM 1: Trust and Values in International Dialogue

The current crises we are witnessing around the pandemic and climate change are arguably interlinked with a new contestation of democratic practices by authoritarian governments and a populist questioning of multilateral approaches to global politics. International dialogue and cooperation has a foundation in the UNESCO convention on diversity. The Sustainable Development Goals also show the impact of culture and cultural cooperation. However, for some parts in the world aspects of these international approaches may still feel loaded by continuing global power imbalances, the privileging of the values of the global north, and legacies of western colonial domination and empire. How can international cultural relations, and cultural expression, invention and production, be realised under these circumstances? What are the baselines? What response is needed from institutions and organisations committed to international dialogue: more understanding or more assertiveness?

10:00 CET
Welcome and resume of keynotes from ICRRA members: Naren Chitty (Macquarie University, Australia)

10:10 CET
Applications of keynote themes in research and practice:

Stuart MacDonald (International Cultural Relations) & Mona Lotten (British Council)
Cultural relations, dialogue and co-operation in an age of competition
Covadonga Hernández (Instituto InclusArtiz, Brasil)
National and international residency programmes as a platform of dialogue between countries and communities to promote multilateral cooperation
Twediana Budi Hapsari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Online Islamic learning, radicalism and cultural expression in South East Asia

11:00 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Naren Chitty (Macquarie University, Australia)

11:20 CET
Wrap up: Naren Chitty (Macquarie University, Australia)

FORUM 2: Decolonising knowledge and knowledge production in international cultural relations

The social and political terms around which we conveive international cultural relations are still dominated by European traditions. Decolonisation means acknowledging the historical, geographical and social situatedness of knowlegdge and continuing global imbalances in how knowledge is produced and consumed. A simple acknowledgement of this fact, however, is not enough: Transforming this acknowledgement into praxis means accepting plurality. However, what does it really take to foster a plurality in knowlege production, distribution and consumption? What does a plurality of epistemologies mean for international cooperation? Is there a new form of 'universality' at the horizon?

13:00 CET
Welcome and resume of keynotes from ICRRA members: Avril Joffe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

13:10 CET
Applications of keynote themes in research and practice:

Doreen Nchang (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Decolonising Digital: Open Access and research communication in West Africa
Lynda Jessup (North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Canada) & César Villanueva (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Mexico)
The North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative: Cultural Diplomacy as Critical Practice
Venka Purushothaman (LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore)
Decoloniality and cultural networks in Southeast Asia

14:00 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Avril Joffe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

14:20 CET
Wrap up: Avril Joffe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Dienstag, 19. Okt 2021

15:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Fair Collaborations l Cultural Relations

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FORUM 3: Fair collaborations in international cultural relations: global perspectives (in collaboration with Siena Cultural Relations Forum 2021)

As the Covid 19 crisis and the effects of climate change have both shown, on the one hand global crises provide humanity with a shared experience of sameness in our physical being. On the other hand, it has also been very clearly and bluntly shown that common crises do not effect everyone the same way and not to the same extent. These crises intensify existing social and economic inequalities. And there will very likely be ongoing global differences in the budgets, technology and political infrastructure available to respond to these crises. How is fair international collaboration made possible under these circumstances? How should cultural relations organisations respond? What rules and conditions need to be respected at a minimum? What kind of redistribution or even dispossession needs to be envisioned?

15:00 CET
Welcome and resume of keynotes from ICRRA members: Mafalda Dâmaso (King's College London, UK)

15:10 CET
Applications of keynote themes in research and practice:

Avril Joffe (Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg, South Africa), Matina Magkou (University of Côte d’Azur, France), Anna Steinkamp (Independent Consultant in International Cultural Cooperation, Germany), Cristina Farinha (Independent expert cultural and creative sector, Portugal), Katelijn Verstraete (Independent Cultural Consultant, Belgium/Singapore), Sudebi Thakurata (D.epicentre and Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India)
The EUNIC Toolkit on Fair Collaboration in Cultural Relations
Carla Figueira (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) & Aimee Fullman (George Mason University, USA)
Cultural Relations in the Critical Zone: Cultural Relations and Climate Change
Anmol Vellani (Theatre practitioner, India)
Fairness before collaboration: preparing for meaningful intercultural practice in a polarising world

16:00 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Mafalda Dâmaso (King's College London, UK)

16:20 CET
Wrap up: Mafalda Dâmaso (King's College London, UK)

FORUM 4: Cultural relations responses to global challenges

Cultural relations operate in a non-political social sphere. They seek cooperation in the fields of arts, culture, education and science and thus for a cooperation more of societies than of goverments. They make room for aesthetic projections of new and better futures and they can draft horizons for aspiration. However, cultural relations both confront and are themselves confronted by realpolitics in this process. Hard power interests as well as geopolitical dynamics do have an impact on their operational possibilities. However, it is more and more acknowledged that global challenges like climate change and pandemics (as well as internet governance, migration and terrorism) need cooperative responses. What is the role of cultural relations in this task? What kind of skills and practices can they provide and foster? What kind of alliances do they seek?

18:00 CET
Welcome and resume of keynotes from ICRRA members: Carla Figueira (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)

18:10 CET
Applications of keynote themes in research and practice:

Ian Thomas (British Council)
The Cultural Heritage Protection Fund
Inge Ceustermans (The Festival Academy)
International Festivals Declare Emergency
Pedro Affonso Ivo Franco (Furtwangen University, Germany) & Kimani Njogu (Twaweza Communications)
Cultural and Creative Industries fostering Cultural Relations

19:00 CET
Chaired Discussion
Chair: Carla Figueira (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)

19:20 CET
Wrap up: Carla Figueira (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)

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Keynote Speakers

Nikita Dhawan is Professor of Political Theory and History of Ideas at TU Dresden. Her publications include: Impossible Speech: On the Politics of Silence and Violence (2007); Decolonizing Enlightenment: Transnational Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in a Postcolonial World (ed., 2014); Global Justice and Desire: Queering Economy (co-ed., 2015); Negotiating Normativity: Postcolonial Appropriations, Contestations and Transformations (co-ed., 2016); Difference that makes no Difference: The Non-Performativity of Intersectionality and Diversity (ed., 2017) and Reimagining the State: Theoretical Challenges and Transformative Possibilities (co-ed., 2019). She received the Käthe Leichter Award in 2017 for outstanding achievements in the pursuit of women's and gender studies and in support of the women's movement and the achievement of gender equality.

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Oby Ezekwesili is the Founder and Chairperson of SPPG (School of Politics, Policy and Governance established by the #FixPoliticsInitiative which she also co-chairs. She is the President of Human Capital África and currently runs the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI). Dr. Ezekwesili is a former Vice President of the World Bank, Africa Region. She was a Minister of Education and also of Mineral Resources of Nigeria. She is Co-Convener of #BringBackOurGirls Campaign, a group of diverse citizens advocating for the speedy and effective search and rescue of school girls abducted from the secondary school in Chibok on the 14, April 2014, Nigeria. She was one of the co-founders of Transparency International and was one of the pioneer directors of its Global Board in Berlin from 1994 – 1999. Ezekwesili was a Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election in Nigeria.

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Walter D. Mignolo is William H. Wannamaker Professor and Director of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities at Duke University. He was associated researcher at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, 2002-2018) and an Honorary Research Associate for CISA (Center for Indian Studies in South Africa), Wits University at Johannesburg (2015-2019). He is a Senior Advisor of DOC (Dialogue of Civilizations) Research Institute, based in Berlin. He received a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree (2016) from the University National of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Honorary Degree (2018) from the University of London-Goldsmith. Among his books related to the topic are: The Darker Side of the Renaissance. Literacy, Territoriality and Colonization (1995); Delinking: The Rhetoric of Modernity, the Logic of Coloniality and the Grammar of Decoloniality (2007); Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges and Border Thinking (2000); The Idea of Latin America (2006); On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analysis, Praxis, co-authored with Catherine Walsh (2018) and The Politics of Decolonial Investigations (scheduled for June of 2021).

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ist Mitbegründer der re:publica, einer Konferenz zur digitalen Gesellschaft und sozialen Medien. Er ist netzpolitischer Aktivist und Journalist und war bis 2013 Chefredakteur von Netzpolitik.org, einem 2002 von ihm gegründeten Blog zur Informationsgesellschaft. Von 2010 bis 2013 war er Sachverständiger in der Enquete-Kommission des Deutschen Bundestages zum Thema Internet und digitale Gesellschaft. Er ist Autor und Herausgeber verschiedener Bücher zu Themen der digitalen Welt und erhielt zahlreiche Preise und Auszeichnungen, darunter den Grimme Online Award in der Kategorie Spezial und den Günther-Wallraff-Journalismuskritikpreis.

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Further Contributors

Der brasilianische Musiker und Berater Pedro Affonso Ivo Franco ist in den Bereichen Kultur, Kreativität und Entwicklung tätig. Pedro Affonso hat einen Master in "International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy" der Hochschule Furtwangen. Zu seinen Fachgebieten gehören die Rolle kreativer Cluster für die lokale Entwicklung, partizipative Governance und Gestaltung von Kulturpolitik sowie die partizipatorische Steuerung in der Kultur.

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is the General Director of The Festival Academy, a non-profit organisation initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA). She is also a member of the advisory committee for the Agency of Arts and Heritage in Flanders.

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Naren Chitty ist emeritierter Professor für internationale Kommunikation an der Macquarie University Sydney. Er erwarb seinen PhD, MA mit Schwerpunkt auf Internationale Beziehungen und Internationaler Kommunikation 1992 an der School of International Service der American University. Außerdem ist er Gründungsdirektor des Soft Power Analysis & Resource Centre (SPARC) und Chefredakteur der Zeitschrift "The Journal of International Communication". 2009 wurde er mit dem Order of Australia ausgezeichnet. Das Routledge Handbook of Soft Power (2017) oder die Reihe "Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy" gehören zu seinen Veröffentlichungen.

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Mafalda Dâmaso ist seit 2021 Forscherin an der Erasmus-Universität Rotterdam, Research Fellow am Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies des Europäischen Hochschulinstituts und Visiting Research Fellow in der Abteilung für Kultur, Medien und Kreativwirtschaft am King's College London. Sie befasst sich hauptsächlich mit der Medien- und Kulturpolitik der EU, einschließlich ihrer Überschneidungen mit der EU-Außenpolitik und Diplomatie.

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is an expert and researcher in culture and creative economy. She holds a PhD in Sociology from University of Porto. Cristina was member of Selection and Monitoring panel of European Capitals of Culture in 2015– 2020.

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Carla Figueira ist Akademikerin und Beraterin im Bereich der internationalen Kulturbeziehungen und der Kreativwirtschaft. Sie promovierte an der City University London im Rahmen eines Praxis XXI-Stipendiums über die Politik der Fremdsprachenverbreitung in Mosambik und Guinea-Bissau.

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is an academic and consultant in arts and cultural management, cultural policy and international cultural relations. She is an Assistant Professor and former Director of the Arts Management Program at George Mason University, also serving as Director, National Resource Center for Creative Forces®: National Endowment for the Arts' Military Healing Arts Network.

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is a lecturer in Islamic Communication and Broadcasting at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She has a PhD in International Communication from Macquarie University, Australia. Her research interests include intercultural communication, Islamic media and the impact of new media on religious behaviour among teenagers.

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is Vice Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, at Queen's University, Canada, and Director of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI). A former Canada–U.S. Fulbright Scholar, her research focusses on the use of art exhibitions in cultural diplomacy.

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Die Entwicklungsökonomin Avril Joffe leitet die Abteilung für Kulturpolitik und -management an der Wits School of Arts an der University of the Witwatersrand. Sie forscht, wie Kulturpolitik gestaltet und umgesetzt wird und wie die Kulturwirtschaft kartiert und bewertet werden kann. Joffe hat kulturpolitische Rahmenwerke und Schulungsprogramme für Kunstmanagement und kulturelles Unternehmertum entwickelt. Als Politikanalystin und Beraterin war sie für internationale und nationale Organisationen und Regierungen in ganz Afrika tätig.

Veröffentlichungen:

How governments could better engage with the working practices of the 21st century creative economy. In: Creative economy 2030. Imagining and delivering a robust, inclusive and sustainable recovery. Asian Development Bank, 2022
Not a toolkit! Fair collaboration in cultural relations: a reflAction. EUNIC, 2022
Investigating Infrastructures of Urban Inequality. In: Inequality Studies from the Global South. Routledge, London 2020
Pedagogy as activist practice: A reflection on the Cultural Policy and Management degree in South Africa. In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 2019/05

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is Head of Policy Insight at the British Council. She is a University of Oslo graduate in social anthropology, human geography and psychology, and has a MSc in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Stuart MacDonald ist Experte für internationale Kulturbeziehungen. Um Theorie und Praxis der kulturellen Beziehungen durch einen innovativen, interdisziplinären Ansatz für Forschung, Studium und Wissensaustausch zu entwickeln gründete er das Centre for Cultural Relations an der Universität Edinburgh. MacDonald hat zahlreiche Beratungsprojekte für die EU, die britische und die schottische Regierung durchgeführt und Kulturaustauschprogramme in China, den USA, Frankreich, Deutschland, Schweden und Italien entwickelt. Als Beamter der britischen und der schottischen Regierung arbeitete MacDonald in der Kultur-, Verfassungs- und Bildungspolitik und leitete die Kunstabteilung des Scottish Arts Council. Er ist Fellow der Royal Society of Arts in London und berät derzeit Universitäten in Deutschland und Großbritannien zu ihren EU-Strategien.

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is a consultant and researcher in cultural and social impact programmes and communication. Dr Magkou is Associate Researcher at University of Côte d'Azur's SIC.Lab. She is an alumnus of the Cultural Diplomacy Platform's Global Cultural Leadership Programme.

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Mohlahlana is an award-winning TV and radio broadcast journalist. She's a senior news anchor for South Africa's newly launched 24hr channel Newzroom Afrika. In 2014, Cathy was selected as a fellow for US President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). She holds a Politics and International Relations degree from Wits university.

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is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the Advanced Study in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) African Peacebuilding Network (APN).

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Kimani Njogu ist geschäftsführender Direktor von Twaweza Communications Limited in Nairobi. Twaweza Communications arbeitet in den Bereichen öffentliche Politik, Medien und Kultur für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Kimani Njogu promovierte in Sprachwissenschaften der Yale University und lehrte an der Kenyatta University in Nairobi. Er hat zahlreiche Publikationen über Kunst, Kultur und Politik veröffentlicht.

Bücher (Auswahl):

Black Orwell: Essays on the Scholarship of Ali A. Mazrui (ed.). Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ 2018
Youth and Peaceful Elections in Kenya (ed.). Twaweza Communications, 2013
Citizen Participation in Decision Making: Towards Inclusive Development in Kenya (ed.). Twaweza Communications, 2013
Media and Identity in Africa (ed.). Edinburgh University Press 2009

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Ojoma Ochai ist Geschäftsführerin für Kreativwirtschaft am Co-Creation Hub in Lagos. Dieser Hub fördert den Handel und stimuliert das Wachstum der afrikanischen Kreativwirtschaft durch Forschung, Investitionen und Innovation. Zuvor war Ochai Regionaldirektorin für Kunst und Kreativwirtschaft des British Council für die Länder südlich der Sahara. Sie ist Mitglied des UNESCO-Gremiums für das Übereinkommen über kulturelle Ausdrucksformen.

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is Head of Research in the Research & Policy Insight team at the British Council. He has a PhD in History from the University of London and his work for the British Council is centred around supporting good research practice, enhancing organisational research capacity and promoting knowledge exchange and collaboration.

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Venka Purushothaman ist stellvertretender Präsident und Prorektor des LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapur. Er ist ein preisgekrönter Kunstschriftsteller und hat an der Universität Melbourne in Kulturpolitik und asiatischen Kulturstudien promoviert.

Venka gründete das Asia-Pacific Network for Culture, Education and Research (ANCER) und war Mitbegründer der Global Design Initiative. Er ist Vorsitzender des Strategieausschusses von Shared Campus mit Sitz in Zürich, einem Konsortium von Kunstuniversitäten, das neue Bildungsparadigmen für Kunst und Design entwickelt. Er ist Vorsitzender des internationalen Beirats von Living Arts International mit Sitz in New York, und ICRRA-Mitglied.

Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind zeitgenössische Kunst, Kulturpolitik und -beziehungen sowie Kultur- und Bildungsmanagement. Er ist der Autor mehrerer Publikationen, darunter The Art of Sukumar Bose: Reflections on South and Southeast Asia (2013).

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is the Founder and President of Inclusartiz Institute in Brazil, non-profit organisations which promotes cultural initiatives to bring art, culture and education closer to all sections of society. She is Member of the Senior Advisory Board of the Brazil Institute-School of Global Affairs, Kings College, London, and member of the Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores, Madrid.

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is an independent consultant in international cultural cooperation, network and process governance, based in Berlin. She is very familiar with international cultural cooperation policies. She holds a Master's in Public Policy and in Cultural Sciences.

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is a creative facilitator, trans-disciplinary narrative designer, educator, writer and futurist. She focuses on social, environmental and cultural issues, inter-weaving design thinking, imagination, complex systems thinking, pedagogy, crafts, entrepreneurship, visual and performing arts, oral history, ethnography, and research to co-create inclusive and regenerative possibilities.

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Ian Thomas ist Leiter der Abteilung Evidenz, Kunst beim British Council. Er hat über 20 Jahre Erfahrung in der Arbeit mit Kunst- und Kulturorganisationen. Er ist ehemaliger Visiting International Research Fellow am Centre for Public Diplomacy an der University of Southern California und Fellow der Royal Society of Arts. Ian hat mehrere Artikel über Kunst- und Kulturbeziehungen veröffentlicht, darunter "Building an Impact Evaluation Toolbox based on an Arts and Soft Power Ecosystem", erschienen bei Figueroa Press: Los Angeles.

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Dr. Odila Triebel leitet den Arbeitsbereich Dialog und Forschung "Kultur und Außenpolitik" am ifa. Schwerpunkt ist die Reflexion globaler Kulturbeziehungen auf Konferenzen und in wissenschaftlichen Publikationen. Zuvor lehrte sie an der Rice University, Houston, und an der Universität Tartu. Triebel studierte Literaturwissenschaft, Philosophie und Öffentliches Recht in Heidelberg, Sussex und Berlin. Als Stipendiatin DFG Graduiertenkolleg Repräsentation-Rhetorik-Wissen in Frankfurt (Oder) lag ihr Fokus auf politischer Repräsentation und Konzepten des Nationalstaats.

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is a theatre director and the founder and former executive director of India Foundation for the Arts and the co-founder of Toto Funds the Arts. His writing and talks – on arts entrepreneurship, the creative economy, the role of grant-making foundations, culture and development, intercultural dialogue and the performing arts, for example – have reflected on the insights he has gleaned from his long engagement with the arts and philanthropy.

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is an expert in cultural relations, policy development, international project management, cross cultural creative facilitation and research. She is the co-author of Europe China Cultural Compass for EUNIC and advisor to the EU.

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César Villanueva ist Professor für Internationale Beziehungen und Kulturdiplomatie an der Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexiko-Stadt. Er hat an der Linnaeus-Universität in Schweden in Politikwissenschaften promoviert und hält häufig Vorträge über kulturelle Beziehungen, Soft Power, internationale Bilder und Kulturdiplomatie.

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Christine Wilson ist Direktorin für Research and Insight im British Council und ist verantwortlich für Forschungsstandards, Ethik und Praxis, Netzwerke und Entwicklung. Ihre Forschungsreihe Next Generation versucht, junge Stimmen global in die Politikgestaltung einzubinden. Für das British Council war sie aktiv an der Hammamet-Konferenz und der Peace and Beyond-Konferenz tätig. Wilson ist Beiratsmitglied des Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities an der Universität Edinburgh und Fellow der Royal Society of Arts.

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Highlights

The event on Twitter

"There is no modernity without #coloniality - #WalterMignolo at our ICRRA Conference

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"The future of multilateralism, of capitalism, of work (...) or of the SDGs is now! - we don't have time to waste!" - @obyezeks at our ICRRA Conference
— ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) (@das_ifa) October 14, 2021

"The state is like a pharmakon – it can be both poison and medicine." - #NikitaDhawan at our ICRRA Conference in her talk on Global Ethics and the Imperative to #SaveThePlanet.

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