Newsletter Review: 22–28 July, 2026. Book Review: Histoire de la diplomatie culturelle dans le monde: Les États entre promotion nationale et propagande.
The distinction between cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy, keeping promotion of cultural productions separate from information campaigns, holds even when both occupy the same channel. Radio during the Cold War carried both. Bourdieu's field theory might add that institutional recognition converts one form of capital into another, which is what these state cultural networks aim to produce.
Indeed, this is what cultural theory is in my view for. The next step would be to formulate hypotheses based on these points and check in which contexts these hold true and in which not. If the generation of new knowledge or insights is aimed for, then building on additional informaton or discourse should also contribute to the generation and validation or refutation of novel analytical statements based on these.
The distinction between cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy, keeping promotion of cultural productions separate from information campaigns, holds even when both occupy the same channel. Radio during the Cold War carried both. Bourdieu's field theory might add that institutional recognition converts one form of capital into another, which is what these state cultural networks aim to produce.
Indeed, this is what cultural theory is in my view for. The next step would be to formulate hypotheses based on these points and check in which contexts these hold true and in which not. If the generation of new knowledge or insights is aimed for, then building on additional informaton or discourse should also contribute to the generation and validation or refutation of novel analytical statements based on these.