PUBLIC POLICY ANTHROPOLOGIST

ROBERT ALBRO

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Cultural Diplomacy and Heritage Wars

Over the past two decades cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, has become an increasingly evident – and fraught – subject of foreign affairs. One reason is a recent proliferation of multilateral conventions by UNESCO, among others, more specifically articulating international frameworks for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage globally. These include the 2003 […]

Posted in Applied cultural research, Cultural diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Culture and the Securityscape, Soft power Tagged Applied Cultural Research, arts diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Policy, Cultural security, Military, Soft Power Leave a comment

Risk Assessment in Encounters between Culture and Security

Since at least the late 2000s, I have been observing – sometimes organizing, and sometimes participating in – diverse forums featuring different combinations of politicos, policy decision-makers, academics, and applied practitioners, which have broached the relationship between “culture” and “security,” sometimes in overlapping but often in notably different ways. At times, the purpose is to […]

Posted in Cultural diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Culture and the Securityscape Tagged Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Cultural property, Cultural security, Culture, Military Leave a comment

The Hard and Soft of Cultural Diplomacy: Networks and Stories in Global Affairs

Amy Zalman recently proposed that “soft power” – as a conceptual frame for understanding global politics – is too narrow and has outlived its usefulness. Her provocation generated fruitful responses and suggests that we might be ready to stop treading water and move beyond our decade-long fixation with the term to new and more constructive places. Zalman rightly […]

Posted in Cultural diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Social Networks Tagged Anthropology, cultural dialogue, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Intercultural Dialogue, Social networks, Soft Power 2 Comments

International Applied Humanities Networks and Global Cultural Engagement

While taking part in an energetic three-day convening at Georgetown University dedicated to “Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy,” it became clear that the meeting was itself evidence for the continued emergence of a global network linking artists, performers, cultural policy makers, human rights activists, social justice advocates, academics, diplomacy practitioners, and others in […]

Posted in Applied cultural research, Cultural diplomacy, Cultural Policy Tagged Applied Cultural Research, Collaboration, cultural dialogue, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Humanitarian, Mutualism, Non-state actors, Social networks 1 Comment
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Blogroll

  • 3 Quarks Daily
  • Anthropology Now
  • Anthropologyworks
  • Arts Diplomacy Network
  • Aspen Institute's Global Initiative on Culture and Society
  • Crooked Timber
  • Cultural Heritage Web
  • Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago
  • Culture Matters
  • Ethnography Matters
  • Exchange — The Journal of Public Diplomacy
  • Intermap
  • International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
  • John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review
  • MountainRunner
  • Public Diplomacy Council
  • Savage Minds
  • Slate's Future Tense
  • Take Five
  • The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy
  • USC Public Diplomacy Center Blog

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Global Dialogues among Cultural Producers in an Era of Nativist Travel Bans
  • Inauthenticity and the Tweet Tweet of Digital Diplomacy
  • Cultural Diplomacy of and by the Book
  • Troping the Enemy: Culture, Metaphor Programs, and Notional Publics of National Security
  • The Arts of International Affairs: Time for a New Conversation about Culture

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