Youth in a Changing World
Voices and Imaginations of Global Youth Front and Center
Following the Committee on Global Thought's dictum of learning from the world, the Youth in a Changing World project uses a unique approach that combines trans-border collaboration and dialogue. The project works with Columbia’s nine Global Centers, local universities, and youth organizations to plan and implement multimodal workshops in the languages and settings youth.
What We’re Learning
It is evident from the conversations we held so far that young people everywhere acutely feel the need for a platform to express themselves and have themselves heard. And, as digital and global natives, they are able to think simultaneously in personal, local, and global terms.
Politics of Visual Arts
As museums have made efforts to diversify their collections, increasingly political questions have been asked about the very role museums play as social institutions of learning and thought.
Politics of Visual Arts is developed in consultation with Committee on Global Thought's faculty at Columbia-members representing diverse disciplines and further refined in a set of workshops with colleagues from the greater New York City area. Partnerships with organizations such as Bridge Figures and the Andy Warhol Foundation have further enhanced the project.
What We’re Learning
One of the main reasons to study this phenomenon in a global context is that many of the issues articulated here are not exclusively American, they have resonance in many parts of the world. Often the same issues appear in multiple locations, reflecting transnational trends. For example, animal rights activists protesting at the Guggenheim Museum gave rise to similar protests in Europe. At the same time, some issues may have specific relevance in one place and not in others. The discussions and workshops in the Columbia Global Centers help refine the issues and provide a more nuanced understanding of the politics of visual arts around the world.
Senior Advisor to Columbia Global
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Columbia University, especially through special initiatives of President Bollinger such as the Committee on Global Thought and Columbia World Projects has the capacity to make arts and culture integral parts of efforts to address issues affecting the world.
Senior Fellow and former Department Chair
COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL THOUGHT
The Committee on Global Thought is a collaborative initiative at Columbia University committed to developing new ways of thinking across disciplines and borders that are essential to navigate the rapidly changing world.
Former Chair, Board of Trustees
AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS
AFS Intercultural Programs (or AFS, originally the American Field Service) is an international youth exchange organization. It consists of over 50 independent, not-for-profit organizations, each with its own network of volunteers, professionally staffed offices, volunteer board of directors and website.
Trustee, The Tällberg Foundation
TÄLLBERG FOUNDATION
The Tällberg Foundation explores pressing societal issues. Today, we face profound challenges as our familiar world undergoes rapid and potentially dystopian transformations. However, there are still forces for good that require revitalization. This is why the Foundation is laser-focused on leadership.
Trustee
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.
Trustee Emerita
TEACH FOR ALL
Teach For All is a global network of 58 independent, locally led and funded partner organizations whose stated shared mission is to "expand educational opportunity around the world by increasing and accelerating the impact of social enterprises that are cultivating the leadership necessary for change."
Director Emerita
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD.
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is an Indian multinational vehicle manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers by production in India and the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world.
Member, Academic Councils & Governing Board
KREA UNIVERSITY
Krea University is a liberal arts and sciences private university located in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 2018 with the mission of developing a view of the future through rigorous and interdisciplinary research and education that continuously feeds the design of Interwoven Learning.
President Emerita
ASIA SOCIETY
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States (Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York) and around the world (Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Melbourne, and Zurich).