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UNESCO’s cinematic multiverse and the best of all possible worlds

2020

PhilosophyBest of all possible worldsitämaatkulttuurisuhteetkulttuuripolitiikkakansainväliset suhteetlänsimaatdiplomatiaelokuvatpolitics of differenceEpistemologyglobal governanceintertextualitykansainväliset järjestötMultiverse (religion)cinemarauhanaatecultural diplomacyLektiotUnescoeast and west
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Suitable for Western Audiences: UNESCO and the Self-fulfilling Prophecy of Cinematic Cultural Diplomacy

2020

Through a reading of cinematic cultural diplomacy in the post-World War II UNESCO context, this study focuses on the potential cinema holds for speaking to the politics of difference. Traditionally seen as problematic and conflictual, this study suggests that for UNESCO, difference is not the source of war and conflict, but of peace. It provides an analysis of Orient: A Survey of Films Produced in Countries of Arab and Asian Culture, a 1959 film catalogue published by UNESCO and the British Film Institute with the aim to “stimulate the presentation of films which might give audiences in the West a fuller and more informed idea of the ways of life of Eastern peoples”. This study treats the c…

international relationskansainväliset suhteetdiplomatiainternational organisationskulttuuridiplomatiaelokuvatpolitics of differenceglobal governanceintertextualitydiplomacyUNESCOkansainväliset järjestötglobaali hallintaintertekstuaalisuusfilmscultural diplomacyerontekemisen politiikka
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