Cultural Diplomacy Beyond The National Interest

Author : Ien Ang,Yudhishthir Raj Isar,Phillip Mar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317209584

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Cultural Diplomacy: Beyond the National Interest? by Ien Ang,Yudhishthir Raj Isar,Phillip Mar Pdf

Cultural Diplomacy: Beyond the National Interest? is the first book bringing together, from the perspective of the cultural disciplines, scholarship that locates contemporary cultural diplomacy practices within their social, political, and ideological contexts, while examining the different forces that drive them. The contributions to this book have two methodologies: the first, to deconstruct and demystify cultural diplomacy, notably the ‘hype’ that accompanies it, especially when it is yoked to the notion of ‘soft power’; the second, to better understand how contemporary cultural diplomacy actually operates. In applying a cultural lens to the question, this book probes whether there can be such a thing as a cultural diplomacy ‘beyond the national interest’. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.

Author : Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht,Mark C. Donfried
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845459946

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Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy by Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht,Mark C. Donfried Pdf

Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation’s effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term “cultural diplomacy” has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or “western” countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.

Author : Cynthia Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351164221

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Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire by Cynthia Scott Pdf

Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire analyzes the history of the negotiations that led to the atypical return of colonial-era cultural property from the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 1970s. By doing so, the book shows that competing visions of post-colonial redress were contested throughout the era of post-World War II decolonization. Considering the danger this precedent posed to other countries, the book looks beyond the Dutch-Indonesian case to the “Elgin (Parthenon) Marbles” and “Benin Bronzes” controversies, as well as recent developments relating to returns in France and the Netherlands. Setting aside the “universalism versus nationalism” debate, Scott asserts that the deeper meaning of post-colonial cultural property disputes in European history has more to do with how officials of former colonial powers negotiated decolonization, while also creating contemporary understandings of their nations’ pasts. As a whole, the book expands the field of cultural restitution studies and offers a more nuanced understanding of the connections drawn between postcolonial national identity making and the extension of cultural diplomacy. Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire offers a new perspective on the international influence of the UNGA and UNESCO on the return debate. As such, the book will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners engaged in the study of cultural property diplomacy and law, museum and heritage studies, modern European history, post-colonial studies and historical anthropology.

Author : J. Melissen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230554931

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The New Public Diplomacy by J. Melissen Pdf

After 9/11, which triggered a global debate on public diplomacy, 'PD' has become an issue in most countries. This book joins the debate. Experts from different countries and from a variety of fields analyze the theory and practice of public diplomacy. They also evaluate how public diplomacy can be successfully used to support foreign policy.

Author : Caterina Carta,Richard Higgott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030215446

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Cultural Diplomacy in Europe by Caterina Carta,Richard Higgott Pdf

This edited volume explores European cultural diplomacy, a topic of growing interest across the scholarly and applied public policy communities in recent years. The contributions focus on Europe, culture and diplomacy and the way they are interlinked in the contemporary international context. The European Union increasingly resorts to cultural assets and activity for both internal and external purposes, to foster European cohesion and advancing integration, and to mitigate the demise of other foreign policy components, respectively. This calls for an analysis of the strategic role of culture, especially as it relates to the realm of EU external action. The chapters provide a conceptual discussion of culture in international relations and examine how this concept relates to cultural diplomacy and cultural strategy. The authors discuss roles and relationships with the EU’s 2016 Global Strategy and current EU attempts to foster the EU’s political and societal resilience.

Author : I. Kozymka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137366269

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The Diplomacy of Culture by I. Kozymka Pdf

Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major political issues of the day. At the international level, it overlaps with the now extensive debates on multiculturalism within states. This work shows how cultural diversity challenges the understanding of international relations as relations between states and, by looking at the issue through the magnifying glass of an international organization, offers innovative insights into the interplay between various levels of international society. The book examines in particular the role of UNESCO, the only United Nations agency responsible for culture and the main forum for international diplomacy on the issue of cultural diversity.

Author : Natalia Grincheva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351250986

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Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age by Natalia Grincheva Pdf

Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age explores online museums as sites of contemporary cultural diplomacy. Building on scholarship that highlights how museums can constitute and regulate citizens, construct national communities, and project messages across borders, the book explores the political powers of museums in their online spaces. Demonstrating that digital media allow museums to reach far beyond their physical locations, Grincheva investigates whether online audiences are given the tools to co-curate museums and their collections to establish new pathways for international cultural relations, exchange and, potentially, diplomacy. Evaluating the online capacities of museums to exert cultural impacts, the book illuminates how online museum narratives shape audience perceptions and redefine their cultural attitudes and identities. Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age will be of interest to academics and students teaching or taking courses on museums and heritage, communication and media, cultural studies, cultural diplomacy, international relations and digital humanities. It will also be useful to practitioners around the world who want to learn more about the effect digital museum experiences have on international audiences.

Author : Reena Marwah,Lê Thị Hằng Nga
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811678226

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India–Vietnam Relations by Reena Marwah,Lê Thị Hằng Nga Pdf

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the close cultural links between India and Vietnam. It discusses the issues of trade negotiations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Indo-Pacific construct. Issues such as strengthening the economic partnership, contemporary development challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including weakening supply chains, and geo-strategic tensions are explored in this book. It enriches understanding of the potential of the two countries to develop as manufacturing hubs for the region and beyond. Given the more aggressive posturing by China in 2020, the concluding chapter includes the policy prescriptions with a futuristic vision, for India and Vietnam to catalyze their strategic and bilateral partnership. Well researched and analytical, the book draws extensively from several interviews of experts, diplomats, journalists, businesspersons, and members of the diaspora. It is a must read for students, researchers, think tanks, area study centers, and all institutions engaged in Asian studies, encompassing narratives extending from the developmental to political, from the bilateral to the multilateral and from the geo-economic to the geo-strategic.

Author : Andrew J. Falk
Publisher : Culture and Politics in the Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1558499032

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Upstaging the Cold War by Andrew J. Falk Pdf

How dissident artists became cultural emissaries during the early decades of the Cold War

Author : Yale Richmond
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0271046678

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Cultural Exchange and the Cold War by Yale Richmond Pdf

Some fifty thousand Soviets visited the United States under various exchange programs between 1958 and 1988. They came as scholars and students, scientists and engineers, writers and journalists, government and party officials, musicians, dancers, and athletes&—and among them were more than a few KGB officers. They came, they saw, they were conquered, and the Soviet Union would never again be the same. Cultural Exchange and the Cold War describes how these exchange programs (which brought an even larger number of Americans to the Soviet Union) raised the Iron Curtain and fostered changes that prepared the way for Gorbachev's glasnost, perestroika, and the end of the Cold War. This study is based upon interviews with Russian and American participants as well as the personal experiences of the author and others who were involved in or administered such exchanges. Cultural Exchange and the Cold War demonstrates that the best policy to pursue with countries we disagree with is not isolation but engagement.

Author : César Villanueva Rivas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : National characteristics, Mexican
ISBN : 9176365603

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Representing Cultural Diplomacy by César Villanueva Rivas Pdf

Author : Karène Sanchez Summerer,Sary Zananiri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Christians
ISBN : 9783030555405

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European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948 by Karène Sanchez Summerer,Sary Zananiri Pdf

This open access book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relationship between European cultural agendas and local identity formation processes and discusses the social and religious transformations of Arab Christian communities in Palestine via cultural lenses from an entangled perspective. The 17 chapters reflect diverse research interests, from case studies of individual archives to chapters that question the concept of cultural diplomacy more generally. They illustrate the diversity of scholarship that enables a broad-based view of how cultural diplomacy functioned during the interwar period, but also the ways in which its meanings have changed. The book considers British Mandate Palestine as an internationalised node within a transnational framework to understand how the complexity of cultural interactions and agencies engaged to produce new modes of modernity. Karène Sanchez Summerer is Associate Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her research considers the European linguistic and cultural policies and the Arab communities (1860-1948) in Palestine. She is the PI of the research project (2017-2022), 'CrossRoads: European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine (1918-1948)' (project funded by The Netherlands National Research Agency, NWO). She is the co-editor of the series 'Languages and Culture in History' with W. Frijhoff, Amsterdam University Press. She is part of the College of Experts: ESF European Science Foundation (2018-2021). Sary Zananiri is an artist and cultural historian.He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow on the NWO funded project 'CrossRoads: European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine (1918-1948)' at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Author : Kenneth. A. Osgood
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047430353

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The United States and Public Diplomacy by Kenneth. A. Osgood Pdf

Presenting the latest historical research on public diplomacy, this book highlights the fact that the United States has not only been an important sponsor of public diplomacy, it also has been a frequent target of public diplomacy initiatives sponsored by others.

Author : Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0807124095

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Transmission Impossible by Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht Pdf

Author : Martina Topić,Siniša Rodin
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cultural policy
ISBN : 3631621620

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Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism by Martina Topić,Siniša Rodin Pdf

This book aims to contribute to the debate on European cultural policy and cultural diplomacy as well as to fill in the gap that exists in this under-researched field. It examines individual practices in 10 selected cases while the introduction study outlines main features of the EU cultural diplomacy.