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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

International Relations Study Team Briefing Paper [PDF]

, 2005
Fifteen papers discussing post-war constructions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Vietnam are ...

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Challenges of cultural diplomacy

Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, 2016
Public and cultural diplomacy are concepts of foreign policies of almost all modern states. As concepts and practices they were especially important during the Cold War, albeit in diplomatic practice there have been some tendencies of communication for international relations and creating a foreign public perception, since the very ...
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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

MUSIC AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
The relevance of the topic is determined by the intensified interest in cultural ways of minimizing tensions in the geopolitical field. The study focuses on the vector of influence of the phenomenon of cultural diplomacy on the formation, development ...
Oleksandr ZLOTNYK, Svitlana BORYSOVA, Volodymyr LYTVYNOV, Oleksandr LYTVYNOV, Iryna POLUBOIARYNA   +4 more
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

STARTING A DIALOG: UKRAINIAN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Стратегічна панорама, 2018
The cultural diplomacy for decades have been used to promote interests of the state abroad. Despite increased discussions in the Government and Parliament of Ukraine about the importance of African continent and naming Africa a strategic partner, there ...
Dzvinka Kachur, Oksana Rozumna
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
wiley   +1 more source

Diplomasi Kebudayaan Jepang terhadap Indonesia dalam Mengembangkan Bahasa Jepang [PDF]

, 2017
This study aims to describe a general overview of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan, provide a description of the Japan Foundation in Indonesia, and explained . How the Japan Foundation made in the development of Japanese Japan through the
Nuraini, N. (Nuraini), Tjarsono, I. (Idjang)   +1 more
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Entwined Liberations: North Korean Democratic Women's Union and Third World Internationalism, 1945–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research focuses on how the North Korean Democratic Women's Union (NKDWU), the umbrella women's organisation in North Korea formed soon after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, forged international leftist women's solidarity during the North Korean state's liminal, revolutionary period (1945–1949).
Taejin Hwang
wiley   +1 more source