'Glocal' - What is Global and What is Local in Today's World?
The impact of globalization on arts and culture
Panellists Ada, Isar and Ellcessor discuss glocalization with moderator Sunny Widmann The second full of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders focussed on the topic of 'Glocal - what is global and what is local in today's world?'. Sharing their experiences with their younger Fellows were Serhan Ada, Head of the Cultural Management Program at Istanbul Bilgi University, Mikel Ellcessor, General Manager of public radio station WDET in Detroit, and Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at the American University of Paris and Eminent Research Visitor at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney. Speaking to seminar partner, National Arts Strategies' Dallas Shelby, Isar, Ellcessor and Ada gave their opinions on the key questions with our Young Cultural Leaders responding. How do arts and culture institutions deal with issues of cultural identity? Yudhishthir Raj Isar, professor of Cultural Policy Studies at The American University of Paris talks about the responsibility that arts and culture organizations have to provide cultural translation. How do cultural institutions balance being global and local? Mikel Ellcessor, General Manager of WDET in Detroit, warns that social media can give us a false sense of connection. He also gives a suggestion for how to make meaningful connections in one's community. How have the forces of globalization impacted the nature of cultural activity? Serhan Ada, Head of the Cultural Management Program at Istanbul Bilgi University, suggest that the "new normal" favors the creative. Fellows of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders talk about the day's discussion around the effects of globalization on culture.
