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ROBERT ALBRO

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Aspiring to an Interest-free Cultural Diplomacy?

When I hear from people about the relative advantages of cultural diplomacy, they often point to the apparent “neutrality” or “apolitical” basis of, say, cultural exchange. Coming from an anthropological background, this often advanced claim has always puzzled me. At least historically, when anthropologists have talked about cultures – for example, in the typical mode […]

Posted in Cultural diplomacy, Cultural exchange, Cultural Policy, Cultural relativism, Propaganda Tagged Cultural Diplomacy, cultural exchange, Cultural Policy, Cultural relativism, Culture, Intercultural Dialogue, Propaganda Leave a comment

Cultural Diplomacy’s Representational Conceit

This post continues my preliminary discussion of the results of a survey I recently conducted, designed to invite practitioners of cultural diplomacy to reflect upon their own practice. Additional discussion of this survey can be found in my February 15th post. As I noted in the earlier post, this analysis is less about criticizing or […]

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Models as Mirrors or Cultural Diplomacy?

Several years ago I organized a conference designed to encourage those involved in the work of cultural diplomacy – policy makers, practitioners and cultural producers, public diplomacy officers, and academics; who too seldom talk to one another – to generate a shared conversation about what in fact composes this enterprise. The conversation was framed to promote […]

Posted in Cultural diplomacy, Cultural exchange, Cultural Policy Tagged Anthropology, clash of civilizations, cultural dialogue, Cultural Diplomacy, cultural diplomacy survey, cultural diversity treaty, cultural exchange, Cultural Policy, mirror imaging, semiotics Leave a 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

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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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