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The Three Bells

By: Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN)
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  • Hello and welcome to The Three Bells – a podcast in which we explore the challenges and opportunities waiting for us at the intersection of culture and urbanism…
    © 2020 AEA Consulting LLC
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  • S4:E6 From Expo to City… Marjan Faraidooni in conversation with Adrian Ellis

    S4:E6 From Expo to City… Marjan Faraidooni in conversation with Adrian Ellis
    Jun 6 2024

    Our host Adrian Ellis speaks to Marjan Faraidooni, Chief of Education & Culture and Chief of HR at Expo City Dubai about how Expo City transformed itself from a major event venue into a vibrant cultural ecosystem unto itself.

    References:

    • Expo City Dubai: https://www.expocitydubai.com/
    • Expo 2020 Dubai Museum opening: https://blooloop.com/museum/news/expo-2020-dubai-museum-opening/
    • Exposition Universelle of 1867: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1867)
    • Exhibition Road Cultural Group: https://www.discoversouthken.com/
    • 1998 Lisbon Specialised Expo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_%2798
    • Expo 2010 Shanghai China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2010

    Guest bio:

    Tasked with making sure Dubai’s Expo 2020 delivers an enduring economic and social impact Marjan Faraidooni spends her time contemplating all-important investments in infrastructure and the redevelopment of the Expo site, while promoting culture, history and traditions around the Expo 2020 Dubai theme of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ and sub-themes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.

    She joined Expo 2020 Dubai in March 2014 and has been leading the strategy development and execution of the legacy programme since. Prior to joining the Expo team, she served as director of portfolio strategy at Dubai Holding where her responsibilities focused on the development and implementation of strategy across investments and operating companies.

    • Marjan Faridooni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjan-faraidooni-82408111/
    • Expo City Dubai: https://www.linkedin.com/company/expocitydubai/
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    42 mins
  • S4:E5 Mastering public spaces... Luisa Bravo in conversation with Stephanie Fortunato

    S4:E5 Mastering public spaces... Luisa Bravo in conversation with Stephanie Fortunato
    May 9 2024
    Our host Stephanie Fortunato speaks with Luisa Bravo, founder and president of City Space Architecture. They discuss principles for designing inclusively and creating moments for sharing and togetherness, and how it takes a village to create successful public spaces – including the importance of working with collaborators that might not agree with you.ReferencesCity Space Architecture: https://www.cityspacearchitecture.org/Mastering Public Space Magazine: https://www.masteringpublicspace.org/Ascoli Piceno: https://www.italymagazine.com/ascoli-picenoJan Gehl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_GehlLife Between Buildings by Jan Gehl: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5597655-life-between-buildingsThe Journal of Public Space: https://www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jpsMuseo Spazio Pubblico: https://www.museospaziopubblico.it/The Overstory by Richard Powers: https://www.richardpowers.net/the-overstory/Buster Simpson, artist: http://www.bustersimpson.net/Presidio Tunnel Tops, San Francisco CA: https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-tunnel-topsOld Tree by Pamela Rosenkranz: https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/pamela-rosenkranz/Shadow Tree by Elizabeth Keithline: https://www.pem.org/shadow-treeUpside Down Trees by Natalie Jeremijenko : https://massmoca.org/event/upside-down-trees/The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717356/the-creative-act-by-rick-rubin/ Luisa Bravo BioDr Luisa Bravo is a public space scholar and passionate activist, a cultural entrepreneur and an academic. After completing her PhD (2008), she has taught, researched and lectured in Europe, the United States, Middle East, Asia and Australia. She is Adjunct Professor in Urban Design at the University of Florence in Italy and has 20+ years experience in the professional field with a specific focus on public space. Luisa holds a strong record of academic publications, she has been the recipient of grants and awards, such as the Australia Endeavour Executive Award, and she served as keynote speaker in major international conferences in 30+ countries. She has actively participated in key United Nations summits, such as the Habitat III conference (Quito, 2016), the World Urban Forum (Kuala Lumpur, 2018; Abu Dhabi, 2020; Katowice, 2022) the first UN-Habitat Assembly (Nairobi, 2019) and two High Level Meetings at the UN headquarters in New York (2017, 2022). With her non-profit organization City Space Architecture, that she founded in 2013, she organized and curated conferences, seminars, workshops and exhibitions internationally aimed at promoting public space culture. Under her leadership, City Space Architecture became partner of UN-Habitat and was engaged in the General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Research and Academia Partner Constituent Group. Luisa initiated and is currently leading several public space projects, such as: The Journal of Public Space, the first, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space; the Public Space Academy, the first, free, interdisciplinary educational program on public space; the Public Space Museum, a collaborative and transdisciplinary practice on public space; the web-magazine Mastering Public Space, an online and free resource with a curated collection of news on public space from influential and reliable sources. She is Member of AESOP Thematic group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures, Member of the Board of Experts for the European Prize for Urban Public Space, Expert to the European Commission for the Horizon Europe Program and for the research project 'Public Spaces as Spaces for Citizen Engagement', promoted by the JRC Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy. She is also an expert evaluator for the European COST project and for the Fulbright Commission (USA), and a consultant for the Global Platform for the Right to the City for which she wrote the thematic paper 'Cities and Human Settlements with Quality Public Spaces'.Luisa Bravo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisabravodesign/City Space Architecture: https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-space-architecture/
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    41 mins
  • S4:E4 The sound of music… Shain Shapiro in conversation with Adrian Ellis

    S4:E4 The sound of music… Shain Shapiro in conversation with Adrian Ellis
    Apr 11 2024

    Our host Adrian Ellis speaks with Shain Shapiro, one of the world’s leading music policy thinkers and advocates, founder of Sound Diplomacy, director of the Center for Music Ecosystems, and author of This Must be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better. They discuss the role of music in the urban ecosystem, what a city’s music strategy can be, and the ‘edge’ music has as an urban policy tool.

    References

    Shain Shapiro Website: https://www.shainshapiro.com/

    Sound Diplomacy: https://www.sounddiplomacy.com/

    This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better: https://www.shainshapiro.com/book

    Center for Music Ecosystems: https://www.centerformusicecosystems.com/

    Global Leaders Institute: https://www.globalleadersinstitute.org/

    Global Leaders Institute Course led by Shain Shapiro: https://www.globalleadersinstitute.org/blog-post/what-is-a-music-city/

    LinkedIns

    Shain Shapiro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shainhouse/

    Sound Diplomacy: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sound-diplomacy/

    Center for Music Ecosystems: https://www.linkedin.com/company/centerformusicecosystems/

    Shain Shapiro Bio

    Shain Shapiro is a globally recognised thought leader at the convergence of music, culture and urban policy. This is showcased in his debut book, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better.

    Shain has defined a new way to think about the value of music in cities and places and through it, influenced over 120 cities and places to invest in music and culture as founder and executive chairman of Sound Diplomacy and founder and executive director of the not-for-profit global Center for Music Ecosystems.

    He has authored authoritative reports on the role of music in cities, tourism, the night time economy, real estate and recovery, including the most extensive guide to music and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ever written, in partnership with the United Nations. He has spoken at hundreds of global conventions, such as SXSW and the UN World Urban Forum and delivered the first ever TEDx talk on music’s role in cities. He is also the recipient of Folk Alliance International’s Spirit of Folk Award in 2022.

    Shain holds a PhD from the University of London and lives in East London, and is leading a module on music policy at the Harvard-affiliated Global Leaders Institute. He has also authored a course with Berklee College of Music on international music export, and helped create the Momentum Music Fund in England.
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    36 mins
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