Cultural Diplomacy
Following the recent public diplomacy review, now seems like a good time to revisit what we mean by cultural diplomacy and the ways in which culture helps to deliver Britain’s foreign, developmental, and sustainability objectives. This project asks what this means for cultural institutions and whether they could play a role in fostering public debate and engagement. It also set out a new and practical framework for policy makers and practitioners in the UK and beyond.
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- Cultural Diplomacy and Hip Hop Following our trip to the US for the Cultural Diplomacy project, it's interesting to see today's announcement on the State Department website.The musician - and U.S. Hip Hop Ambassador - Toni Blackman, is working with USINFO to explain the values and origins of Hip Hop as an original American artform to an international audience. In her capacity as cultural ambassador, she has also performed at the Field Museum in Chicago, one of the institutions to whom we spoke whenb we were... from : samjones 1st August 2006
- Life thru a lens Shan Song is an underground film maker in Beijing. By day he writes scripts for government-produced TV dramas, by night he makes films through a collective he set up after film school called 22Film. Sam and I met him yesterday to talk about the ways in which independent film making is bringing about social change in China.The advent of digital cameras and the internet has enabled a generation of young people to make films about themselves, how they live and where they want China to go. They go... from : rachelbriggs 13th October 2006
- Stop the Press! While we've been in China, a lot of people have made veiled references to the censorship of the press. Mostly, they either assume you know how the system works, or prefer not to get drawn on the subject. Once or twice, interviewees have clearly been worried that we are western press, so we've had to reassure them of our (lack of) credentials. Tonight, however, Sam and I finally got to sit down and have dinner with a journalist (who will remain nameless) who was very generous with her time and... from : rachelbriggs 15th October 2006
- We're all diplomats now... Today, we launched Cultural Diplomacy at the V&A in South Kensington. It argues for the importance of culture in the way that we relate to each other in the world today. As well as providing a medium through which we can relate to one another, culture is emerging a space in which those relations can be conducted. from : samjones 28th February 2007
- Cultural Diplomacy on the agenda Cultural Diplomacy was debated in the House of Lords yesterday, there's a full transcript of the debate, here. It's great to see the work being dicussed in this context and it follows Tony Blair's comments yesterday that 'culture in a globalised world is an important form of diplomacy'. from : samjones 7th March 2007
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300 and the Real World
In Cultural Diplomacy, we talk about the defining characteristics of a new era in which 'the ability of individuals to reap the benefits of globalisation and connect with other people on a truly global level'.
A similar situation is developing around the new film, 300. from : samjones 16th March 2007 - The cultural origins of anti-Americanism An article that raises some interesting points about the cultural roots of old world attitudes to the new world. from : samjones 12th April 2007
- Artists help public diplomacy to push Australian 'soft power' | The Arts | The Australian Cultural diplomacy in Australia. from : samjones 19th April 2007
- Cultural Diplomacy and the Venice Biennale An article on Newsnight the other day discussed the role of art as providing a space for conversation between cultures. You can see it here.Specifically, it talks about the Venice Biennale. This year, the director, Robert Storr has set out both to include countries who have never exhibited before and to provide a showcase for Islamic art. from : samjones 15th June 2007
- Many to the Many One of the themes of Cultural Diplomacy is the shift of focus in how nations and groups relate to each other. First, governments spoke behind closed doors - the few to the few. Then they came to realise the importance of speaking to wider publics - the few to the many. Now, it is imperative that we understand and accommodate the reality that global relations are dominated and by the communication of the many to the many.In this light, it is nice to see that discussion of... from : samjones 10th August 2007
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