Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel Jones is a researcher at Demos. His research interests include culture and the arts, museums and galleries, creativity and the communication of ideas and knowledge through the cultural sector. In particular, he is interested in cross-cultural communications and the role of culture in international relations. In other work, he has focused on Global English and conversations. Recently, he has undertaken research in both the US and China.
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- Speaking of which... While in the US researching Cultural Diplomacy, I came across some very interesting parallels to the types of conversation that we examine in 'Talk us into it', some of which make use of cultural diplay and performance as a binding force. from : samjones 21st July 2006
- Cultural Diplomacy and Hip Hop Following our trip to the US for the Cultural Diplomacy project, it's interesting to see today's announcement on the State Department website.The musician - and U.S. Hip Hop Ambassador - Toni Blackman, is working with USINFO to explain the values and origins of Hip Hop as an original American artform to an international audience. In her capacity as cultural ambassador, she has also performed at the Field Museum in Chicago, one of the institutions to whom we spoke whenb we were... from : samjones 1st August 2006
- Cultural Diplomacy Cultural Diplomacy argues that the huge global reach and potential of Britain’s world class artistic and cultural assets – from Razorlight to the Royal Ballet - should be at the heart of government relationship building abroad. from : markfuller 27th February 2007
- We're all diplomats now... Today, we launched Cultural Diplomacy at the V&A in South Kensington. It argues for the importance of culture in the way that we relate to each other in the world today. As well as providing a medium through which we can relate to one another, culture is emerging a space in which those relations can be conducted. from : samjones 28th February 2007
- Cultural Diplomacy on the agenda Cultural Diplomacy was debated in the House of Lords yesterday, there's a full transcript of the debate, here. It's great to see the work being dicussed in this context and it follows Tony Blair's comments yesterday that 'culture in a globalised world is an important form of diplomacy'. from : samjones 7th March 2007
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300 and the Real World
In Cultural Diplomacy, we talk about the defining characteristics of a new era in which 'the ability of individuals to reap the benefits of globalisation and connect with other people on a truly global level'.
A similar situation is developing around the new film, 300. from : samjones 16th March 2007 - Museums and Cultural Literacy On 26th and 27th June, I'll be at a conference on Museums and International Collaboration. I'll be delivering a paper on museums, and their role in 'Building Cultural Literacy'. You can find out more, and read a synopsis of the paper here. from : samjones 13th June 2007
- Cultural Diplomacy and the Venice Biennale An article on Newsnight the other day discussed the role of art as providing a space for conversation between cultures. You can see it here.Specifically, it talks about the Venice Biennale. This year, the director, Robert Storr has set out both to include countries who have never exhibited before and to provide a showcase for Islamic art. from : samjones 15th June 2007
- Building Cultural Literacy from : samjones 17th July 2007
- Building Cultural Literacy Last month, I spoke at a conference at Fudan University in Shanghai. The paper I gave was about the role of cultural providers like museums and the role that they have in building the skills in reading and interpreting cultures. You can download the paper here. from : samjones 17th July 2007
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