'Cultural Collaterals’ Symposium at DXBDW, is organized by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in collaboration with the Dubai Design & Fashion Council (DDFC). Cultural Collaterals, will be held as part of the Dubai Design Week Official Live Events Program on Thursday, Nov. 16th, 2-7pm, at DXBDW Main Stage, Dubai Design District. 

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The event will bring together a select group of architects, designers, curators, and critics to speculate and evaluate the critical role of art and architecture in shaping cities through design—globally, regionally, and locally in Dubai. 

Following an opening conversation, ‘Cultural Infrastructure: Critical perspectives on cultural institutions’, the symposium will unfold in two parts through two panel discussions, 'Capital Construction: Architecture as a strategy, to build cultural capital in an evolving context' and 'Cultural Confluences: Curating a local design culture & dialogue, through global perspectives'. The conference is open and free to attend, though pre-registration is necessary.

Khaled Alawadi, MIT and UAE National Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Sultan Suood Al Qassemi, Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah
Antonia Carver, Art Jameel, Dubai
Aric Chen, M+, Hong Kong
Brendan Cormier, Victoria & Albert Museum, Shenzhen
Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Dubai Expo 2020
Muna Faisal Al Gurg, Dubai Culture
Beatrice Galilee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Joseph Grima, Space Caviar, IdeasCity, and Design Academy Eindhoven
Ziad Jamaleddine, L.E.FT Architects and Columbia GSAPP, NYC and Beirut
Julian Rose, formlessfinder and Artforum International Magazine, NYC
Hanan Sayed Worrell, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Irene Sunwoo, Columbia GSAPP, NYC
Beth Stryker, CLUSTER, Cairo

Organized by: Dean Amale Andraos and Madeeha Merchant, Columbia GSAPP