Tuesday, December 30, 2014

American ivory-tower academe-speak about public diplomacy ...


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American ivory-tower academe-speak:
"As yet, there are few culturally-informed analytical frameworks that can help us speak constructively about observable differences in public diplomacy and appreciate the significance of those differences for communicating in a multi-cultural global arena. Developing a multi-cultural perspective of public diplomacy differs from comparative public diplomacy. In comparative public diplomacy, the public diplomacy may 'look different' compared to others. It is an externally-positioned [JB comment -- OMG] analysis often using a single analytical lens. Several recent comparative studies, for example, use soft power as a lens to discuss public diplomacy. 14
This is an internally-positioned analysis [JB comment -- OMG] that helps create new analytical lenses.15
From a brilliant academic paper (if you can understand what it's all about) on culture and public diplomacy https://www.academia.edu/…/R.S._Zaharna_The_Cultural_Awaken…

See also, from a more mundane perspective,http://johnbrownnotesandessays.blogspot.com/…/is-american-c…

This paper explores the intersection of culture and public diplomacy, looking at where their paths cross and what...
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Blast from the past on Cultural Diplomacy ...
http://johnbrownnotesandessays.blogspot.com/…/is-american-c…

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