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ROBERT ALBRO

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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

“Culture” in the Science Fictional Universe of “Big Data”

As the Obama Administration’s new “Big Data Research and Development Initiative” has made clear, the “big data” era is officially upon us. The term – “big data” has been used in multiple ways, but most generally refers to the avalanche of “raw data” generated by the internet and other new kinds of data-capturing sensor and […]

Posted in Applied cultural research, Cultural Policy, Culture and the Securityscape Tagged Anthropology, Applied Cultural Research, Big Data, Cultural Policy, Culture, Culturomics, Encoding/decoding, semiotics Leave a comment

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

A New Conversation about Military Approaches to Culture

A recent article in the New York Times Book Review surveys new anthropological writing on Afghanistan, with an eye to contrasting this with ongoing U. S. military efforts to carry out effective culturally-informed counterinsurgency in that country. The reviewer wants to underscore the considerable challenges the U. S. — or any military — faces when […]

Posted in Culture and the Securityscape Tagged Anthropology, Counterinsurgency, Culture, Humanitarian, Military 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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