Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy

Fosler-Lussier, Danielle

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“…For example, Mark Katz (2019) explores how hip hop serves international diplomacy efforts, with a series of interviews based on his work done in coordination with the United States Department of State. Such a class may explore the intersections of transgressive musical practices with the traditions of official arts diplomacy efforts (Davenport, 2009;Fosler-Lussier, 2015) as well as how music contributes to processes of colonization and decolonization (Fanon, 1963;NgũgK, 1986). Similarly, electronic dance music appears ripe for exploration from multiple perspectives.…”

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Teaching intercultural competence through heavy metal music

Guberman

2020

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

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What does it mean to teach intercultural competence? Do we need to travel to “other” places? In what way does content need to reflect the traditions of “other” cultures? How can popular musics inform our teaching of these skills? Drawing on the guidelines in the AAC&U Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE Rubric, I argue heavy metal music can serve as a model for using music to increase students’ intercultural knowledge, competency, and awareness, as well as their ability to critically reflect on issues in their own society, including gender, race, and class. I provide background on the genre and explore why it serves as a useful tool for intercultural learning conversations. In making direct connections between the measures in the VALUE rubric and class activities and concepts, this approach can model how others may incorporate intercultural learning and competencies into a wide range of courses.

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Teaching intercultural competence through heavy metal music

Guberman

2020

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

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“…Fosler-Lussier writes that during the Cold War, the United States' amateur diplomat musicians "served purposes that official diplomacy could not" as they interacted with individuals in the countries to which they were deployed, forming "memorable human connections" through musical performances and conversations uninhibited by official political rhetoric (Fosler-Lussier 2015, 13-15). Drawing on James Der Derian's definition of diplomacy as "a mediation between estranged individuals, groups or entities," Fosler-Lusier also brings attention to the multiple meanings of "mediation," in diplomacy, which could indicate a connecting link or an intervention, while also drawing attention to developments in communication media that have radically altered the scope, structure, and possibilities of diplomatic events over time (Fosler-Lussier 2015;Der Derian 1991).…”

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Listening Through the Firewall: A Sonic Narrative of Communication Between Taiwan and China

Plovnick¹

2022

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This paper explores the recent history of the Taiwan Strait (1949-today) from the perspective of audio communication. A focus on sound provides a way to re-conceptualize the region, moving beyond the limitations of political borders to highlight salient moments in which individuals formed connections despite communication restrictions. These moments range from the iconic voice of Teresa Teng emanating from loudspeakers and radios in the 1970s, to the boom of the Taiwan-based Mandopop industry in the 1990s, to more recent social media interactions. In the realm of these recent interactions, this paper focuses on the key role of artificial intelligence in both facilitating and regulating communication. The space of the Taiwan Strait is often discussed in contemporary media only in relation to political tensions. This research, in contrast, provides a nuanced, on-the-ground perspective of the role of cross-strait communication in the daily lives of Taiwanese and Chinese individuals. This novel perspective can then be mobilized toward efforts to facilitate open dialogue and mutual understanding in contentious political environments.

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“…The literature on the cultural Cold War is significant and ever-expanding, particularly in terms of its coverage of US policy, which has been extensively debated by scholars of international cultural history. Individual cultural forms, such as dance (Croft, 2015;Peterson MacDaniel, 2015;Prevots, 1994), music (Davenport, 2009;Fossler-Lussier, 2005), and visual art (Krenn, 2005), have all been the subject of major studies, and the institutional and political context of the policy relating to these and other aspects have been thoroughly documented, whether with specific reference to cultural diplomacy, or within the broader frame of public diplomacy.…”

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Cultural Diplomacy

Clarke¹

2020

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies

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Cultural diplomacy designates a policy field, in which states seek to mobilize their cultural resources to achieve foreign policy goals. The nature of those goals, and of the cultural resources mobilized to achieve them, has been subject to historical change, and a range of terminology has been used to designate this kind of policymaking in different national and historical contexts. Nevertheless, the term cultural diplomacy is a viable one for designating this particular area of foreign policy, which is often understood as one component of a state’s broader public diplomacy or, following Joseph Nye’s terminology, its “soft power.” Cultural display and exchange have arguably always played a role in the relations between peoples. With the emergence of the modern state system in the early modern period, such display and exchange became an expression of formal diplomatic relations between courts, yet it is only in the 19th century that we see the emergence of cultural diplomacy in the sense it is understood today: It is no longer a matter of communication between rulers, but rather an expression of national identity directed at an international public. Throughout the 19th century, cultural diplomacy was closely associated with the rivalry of the Great Powers, particularly in the colonial context. However, following the end of the First World War, cultural diplomacy increasingly came to be understood as a means to pursue ideological competition, a trend that became central to the cultural diplomacy of the Cold War. Nevertheless, scholarship’s focus on the cultural dimensions of the confrontation between the two Cold War superpowers has drawn attention away from other varieties of cultural diplomacy in the “Third World” or “Global South,” which sought to establish forms of solidarity between postcolonial nations. The post–Cold War world has been characterized by a shift in the rhetoric surrounding cultural diplomacy, which now frequently contains an economic dimension, as states compete for markets, investments, and attention in the context of neoliberal globalization. Nevertheless, we also see a pluralization of strategies of cultural diplomacy, in which a range of actors tailor their approach to cultural foreign policy according to their own perceived position in a multipolar world. Nevertheless, despite the continued popularity of cultural diplomacy in policymaking circles and the significant attention it has received from researchers in the 21st century, the assessment of the impact of cultural diplomacy remains a challenge.

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Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy

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Teaching intercultural competence through heavy metal music

Teaching intercultural competence through heavy metal music

Listening Through the Firewall: A Sonic Narrative of Communication Between Taiwan and China

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