Chennai Soft Power 300

• Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
• 9th October 2019

Based in Chennai, one of Indias cultural capitals, the Center for Soft Power (CSP) is an India Foundation institute that studies and researches Indian soft power, mapping along the way the wide diversity of cultural forms present in the country.

Lately, the Center has embarked on a unique project titled Chennai Soft Power 30, which seeks to document and interview 30 of Chennai's most internationally recognized performing artists in the fields of music and dance.

The videos below look at the journey of some of Chennai's top-performers and explain how they have spread Indian culture globally through their art.

This video features an interview with dance couple Renjith and Vijna who have toured the world performing Indian folk dances.

The original video can be found on the Center for Soft Power's Youtube channel here.

This one features an interview with Grammy nominated bamboo flute maestro Shashank Subramanyam, who has col..

Emily Metzgar Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies0

• Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
• 6th October 2019

Metzgar article characterizes academic study of public diplomacy The Media School Report October 1, 2019 Associate professor Emily Metzgar (Maggie Richards | The Media School) An article by associate professor Emily Metzgar reviews decades of peer-reviewed research on public diplomacy in order to characterize the interdisciplinary field of study. “The Scholarship of Public Diplomacy: Analysis of a

The Banality of Soft Power0

• Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
• 6th October 2019

what is Soft Power in the 21st century? It is the ability to manage the normative associations that a state evokes so that a state is seen as a desirable partner for creating temporary coalitions or permanent alliances.