Theorising the role of cultural products in cultural diplomacy from a Cultural Studies perspective

Clarke, David

doi:10.1080/10286632.2014.958481

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“…Stuart Hall memperkenal kan Cultural Studies (selanjutnya CS) dalam esainya yang terkenal berjudul "Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms" pada 1980. Namun sebelum itu, pada 1970an, CS sudah diperkenalkan di Inggris, yaitu dikenal dengan Mazhab Birmingham, atau Lingkaran Birmingham 'Birmingham School' (Milner, 2002;Belsey, 2003;McQuillan, 2003;Connell & Hilton, 2015;Turner, 2014;Bennet, 2015;Ang, 2013), atau Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) (1968)(1969)(1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979) (Stacey, 2015;Clarke, 2016). Stuart Hall sering disinonimkan dengan CS.…”

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Artikulasi Kelas Bawah Jawa Dalam Kumpulan Puisi Para Jenderal Marah-Marah Karya Wiji Thukul

Santoso

2018

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Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan artikulasi kelas bawah Jawa dalam kumpulan puisi Para Jenderal Marah-Marah karya Wiji Thukul. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan teori Cultural Studies yang sekaligus menerapkan metode kajiannya dalam tiga level yaitu: epistemologis, politis, dan strategis. Hasil penelitian sebagai berikut. Pertama, negosiasi perempuan kelas bawah Jawa dengan tujuan mengacaukan posisi kultural laki-laki yang mendekati absolutisme. Kedua, terungkapnya sisi kultural laki-laki dari sisi yang lain, yang menunjukkan nilai-nilai yang bertolak belakang dengan nilai-nilai adiluhung yang melekat padanya dengan tujuan menimbulkan chaos, melawan mitos, dan membangun mitos baru bahwa laki-laki tidaklah sepenuhnya adiluhung dan atau bahkan mendekati absolutisme. Ketiga, terungkapnya sistem yang secara struktural diatur sedemikian rupa oleh narasi besar atau negara yang belum berpihak kepada kepentingan rakyat kelas bawah.Kata kunci: artikulasi, kelas bawah Jawa, Cultural Studies, Wiji Thukul THE ARTICULATION OF THE LOWER CLASS JAVANESE PEOPLE IN WIJI THUKUL’S POETRY COLLECTION PARA JENDERAL MARAH-MARAH AbstractThis study aimed to describe the articulation of the lower class Javanese people in Wiji Thukul’s poetry collection Para Jenderal Marah-Marah. It used the Cultural Studies approach and simultaneously applied it in three levels, i.e. epistemological, political, and strategic levels. The results of the study are as follows. First, there are negotiations of the lower class Javanese women with the aim of disrupting men’ cultural position which nearly reaches absolutism. Second, there is a disclosure of the other side of men’s culture, which shows values contrary to the inherent noble values with the aim of causing chaos, confronting myths, and building new myths that men are not entirely noble and or even close to absolutism. Third, there is a disclosure of a system that is structurally organized in such a way by a great narrative or a state that has not been in favor of the lower class people’s interests.Keywords: articulation, lower class Javanese people, Cultural Studies, Wiji Thukul

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Artikulasi Kelas Bawah Jawa Dalam Kumpulan Puisi Para Jenderal Marah-Marah Karya Wiji Thukul

Santoso

2018

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“…In communication studies, Daya Thussu’s (2010) International Communication: A Reader included an excerpt from Nye on soft power, while authors such as Colin Sparks critically assessed the theory of soft power and its relationship to cultural imperialism (Sparks, 2012) and international broadcasting (Sparks, 2016). A recent special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy , edited by Ien Ang, Raj Isar, and Philip Mar (2015), has sought to apply a cultural studies perspective to debates around cultural diplomacy, drawing upon prior contributions from cultural studies such as Iwabuchi (2002) and Clarke (2014), among others.…”

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Entertainment media, cultural power, and post-globalization: The case of China’s international media expansion and the discourse of soft power

Flew

2016

Global Media and China

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The concept of soft power has been highly influential in recent years, both as a concept to inform understanding of the cultural dimensions of international relations and as providing a practical guide to state investment in the international expansion of both news and entertainment media. One of the places where it has been most influential has been China, where is has been used to support the international expansion of China Central Television and the growth of Chinese entertainment media conglomerates. It is argued in this article, however, that the concept rests upon a weak understanding of the cultural dimensions of power and upon the transmission model of communication. As a result, there has tended to be a distributional bias in investing in cultural diplomacy and relatively little attention has been given to how audiences actually engage with international media content. Applied to the Chinese case, it is argued that support for entertainment media is more likely to support the aspirations of the Chinese government than news media, although news is likely to be prioritized for political reasons. At a more conceptual level, discussion of national soft power strategies and their relation to global media points to the need for new approaches in global media and communication studies, that could be termed postglobalization, that can address strengths and weaknesses in both critical political economy and media globalization approaches, and recognize the continuing centrality of nation states to the structuring of global media flows across territorial boundaries.

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“…The report also raises the issue that those on the receiving end of soft power do not always respond in the way that politicians might expect them to, flagging up the unintended consequences of this tool of foreign policy. This is a gap in the literature that has been highlighted by Clarke (2014), who argued that the process of reception needs to be better understood and attended to, and that critical theory and cultural studies may be useful to this end. More recently, Kouri (2015) has examined the shortfalls of soft power in relation to growing multiculturalism, with a particular focus on integration within the European Union and its motto of 'unity in diversity'.…”

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The art of attraction: soft power and the UK's role in the world

Nisbett

2015

Cultural Trends

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The art of attraction: soft power and the UK's role in the world, by C. Hill and S. Beadle, London, British Academy, 2014, Published online at www.britac.ac.uk/softpower Global relations are becoming increasingly complex. From the British perspective, there are ongoing tensions between the West and the Middle East, with the continued occupation of Afghanistan, the bombing of Iraq, the distrust of Iran, the support for Israel in its assault on Palestine and the reluctance to intervene in the civil war in Syria. However, Britain and the Middle East also have a shared enemy: the extreme terrorist group, Islamic State, which recently beheaded a number of (mostly Western) civilian hostages and, at the time of writing, burned a Jordanian pilot alive. These monstrous acts were captured with cinematic panache and posted online to a global audience.European relations are not without problems either. Greece is now being led by the radical left, which is seeking to dismantle the country's austerity programme and is currently demanding reparations from Germany for the Second World War. A similar left-wing movement is rapidly growing in Spain, which promises to tackle poverty and social inequality by ending austerity. If countries with weak economies default on their debts, a disastrous domino effect would ensue, jeopardising the entire economy of the Eurozone. At a domestic level, there is plenty for Britain to be concerned with, such as its awkward relationship to Europe, controversy over immigration policy and the looming threat of a right-wing nationalist party that is steadily gaining credibility. Indeed, there is a lack of consensus on 'British values', a topic that has become a party political issue.This context is set against the backdrop of Britain's decline as a world power. With the emergence of the East and global South, the country is arguably far less significant and powerful than it was a hundred, or even fifty, years ago. As such, it needs to form stronger relationships with countries such as China and India, the latter being its former colony.It can therefore be argued that soft power and intercultural understanding have never been so important. The term 'soft power' was coined by the Harvard political scientist Joseph Nye (1990) to describe the ability of one country to shape the preferences of another, and to do so through attraction and influence, rather than coercion. Whilst soft power has global currency as an accepted tool of foreign policy, it is an amorphous concept and carries with it connotations of propaganda and cultural imperialism.Soft power has received significant political attention over the past decade, in light of developments at a global level, including the aforementioned shift in power away from the West, the spread of neo-liberalism, technological advancement and the changing patterns of cultural production and consumption. More recently, soft power has been the subject of debate in Parliament and last year saw the publication of the first House of Lords Select Committee Report (2014) o...

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Theorising the role of cultural products in cultural diplomacy from a Cultural Studies perspective

Cited by 58 publications

References 23 publications

Artikulasi Kelas Bawah Jawa Dalam Kumpulan Puisi Para Jenderal Marah-Marah Karya Wiji Thukul

Artikulasi Kelas Bawah Jawa Dalam Kumpulan Puisi Para Jenderal Marah-Marah Karya Wiji Thukul

Entertainment media, cultural power, and post-globalization: The case of China’s international media expansion and the discourse of soft power

The art of attraction: soft power and the UK's role in the world

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