WRITING

Does Academic Exchange Matter?

In discussing whether cultural exchange could be influential on an international scale, this conference presentation was about the influence of art from the United States on the Soviet Union. This could be a model of how to create cultural change without weapons.

Euroacademia: The Difference between Art as Propaganda and Art as Cultural Diplomacy?

The mission of artists is often different from what governments use their art for, and at the same time, the interpretation of art is open to those who view it. The America Houses and the United States were key in promoting freedom of creativity as opposed to other governments. Today these methods could be useful in diplomacy and the exchange of ideas.

The International Activity of Cultural Institutes?

Let us change the world through culture and ideas and not through war and weapons. The international activity of cultural institutions could prove useful in changing people’s ideas about democracy.