Keynote biographies: “The Mexican Diaspora in the US and Cultural Engagement”

Keynote Speaker Alexandra Delano, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies, The New School, New York City Alexandra Délano Alonso is Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at The New School and the current holder of the Eugene M. Lang Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring. She received her doctorate in International Relations […]
(Re) Construcción De Identidad: Diplomacia De La Diáspora

19 de Noviembre de 2021 (RE) CONSTRUCCIÓN DE IDENTIDAD: DIPLOMACIA DE LA DIÁSPORA ES EL SEGUNDO DÍA DE UNA CUMBRE DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE CUATRO DÍAS, ACTORES: TODOS SOMOS PRACTICANTES, ORGANIZADA DE MANERA VIRTUAL POR LA INICIATIVA PARA LA DIPLOMACIA CULTURAL EN AMÉRICA DEL NORTE (NACDI) TENIENDO COMO ANFITRIÓN A LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA. […]
Participant biographies: Call and Response: Resistance and Refusal as Diplomacy

Emiliana Cruz, Professor at CIESAS-CDMX Emiliana Cruz is a researcher at Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico City. Her diverse and interdisciplinary interests concern education, Indigenous women, linguistic policies, linguistic landscape, documentation and linguistic revitalization. Her work reflects extensive experience in community collaboration, which has allowed her to design and […]
Participant biographies: “Indigenous Video Games as tools to decolonize cultural relations”

Panelists Ashlee Hope Bird (Western Abenaki of the Champlain Valley), Moreau Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame Ashlee Bird is an Indigenous (Western Abenaki of the Champlain Valley) game designer who holds a PhD in Native American Studies. Her dissertation, “Representation and Reclamation: The History and Future of Natives in Gaming,” theorizes digital sovereignty, drawing […]
Descolonización de la Diplomacia, 17 de Noviembre de 2021

Descolonización de la Diplomacia es el primer día de una cumbre de investigación de cuatro días, Actores: Todos somos Practicantes, organizada por la Iniciativa para la Diplomacia Cultural en América del Norte (nacdi) teniendo como anfitrión a la Universidad del sur de California. Panel 1: “Llamada y respuesta: resistencia y rechazo como diplomacia” 9:00 a.m. […]
Segunda cumbre: Actores Todos somos Practicantes

¡Únete a nosotros! Los eventos tendrán lugar el 17 y 19 de noviembre, el 1 y 9 de diciembre de 2021. ¡El registro de Eventbrite se abrirá pronto! Actores: Todos somos Practicantes se centra en las actividades de los practicantes diplomáticos concebidas de forma amplia. Organizada por la Universidad del Sur de California, la cumbre […]
Watch the conversation: Cultural Diplomacy in Your Neighborhood

Cultural Diplomacy in Your Neighborhood took place December 9, 2021, during the final session of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners. This conversation was organized jointly by the University of Southern California (USC) Centre on Public Diplomacy (CPD) and NACDI and hosted virtually by the USC. Read more below Cultural Diplomacy in […]
Cultural Practice and Transnational Outreach: The Practitioner in Sport, Art, and Music

December 1, 2021 Cultural Practice and Transnational Outreach is the third day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Keynote: Minding the Gaps: Connecting Diversity, Diasporas, and Skate Diplomacy9:00 AM (PT) / 10:00 AM (CT) / 12:00 NOON (ET) Speaker: […]
(Re)Constructing Identity: Diaspora Diplomacy

November 19, 2021 (Re)Constructing Identity: Diaspora Diplomacy is the second day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Keynote- “Mexican Diasporas in the United States: Tools for Engagement that Center Community Knowledges and Experiences“9:00 am – 10:15 (PT)/11:00 – 12:15 […]
Decolonizing Diplomacy

November 17, 2021 Decolonizing Diplomacy is the first day of a four-day research summit, Players: We are all Practitioners, organized by NACDI and hosted virtually by the University of Southern California. Panel 1: “Call and Response: Resistance and Refusal as Diplomacy“9:00 am (PT)/11:00 am (CT)/12:00 NOON (ET) Moderators: Ryan Rice (Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawake), Associate Dean, […]