Cultural Diplomacy in Your Neighborhood
9:00 am (PT)/11:00 am (CT)/12:00 NOON (ET)

Panelists

• Jutta Brendemühl, International Arts Programmer, Goethe-Institut Toronto
• Edward T. Chang, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Founding Director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the University of California at Riverside
• Shahrzad (Sherry) Dowlatshahi, Chief Diplomacy & Protocol Officer, Global Engagement Office, City of San Antonio
• Heather Kelly, Founder, Bloor Street Culture Corridor, Toronto

Moderator

• Jay Wang, Director and Professor, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (moderator)

Presented in collaboration with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Korea Foundation, this session puts forth the city and its constituent actors as players in their own right in global cultural relations. Specifically, the event will delve into the diverse ways that local spaces and communities are actively engaged in cultural diplomacy in North America.

To fully understand the dynamics within the city, we attend to actors across the municipal landscape, from representatives of city governments to representatives of urban neighborhoods, cultural districts, businesses, and non-profits. The aim of the discussion is to extend conversations to the diverse players that constitute the city—those who are not only involved, but in many cases driving new networks and relationships with global implications. By magnifying the local while retaining the North American focus of the summit, the session pushes us to consider the nuance of the local—the types of spaces, organizations, and communities that facilitate city diplomacy today.