World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

23–26 January 2018 Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

The Weaponization of Culture

January 23, 2018 17:30

Notions of cultural decline and ethnic supremacy are closely linked with populism, nativism and statism. How can we avert the spread of culture wars?

This session was developed in partnership with NBC.

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as the doors will be closed at the scheduled time.

Speakers:

Alice Bah Kuhnke

Vice-Chair, Group of the Greens, European Parliament

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Karan Johar

Head, Dharma Productions Private Limited

Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist

Ali Velshi

Anchor, NBC News

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