Soft Power

Arts & Culture

Digital ‘history machines’ are never politically neutral

As library, museum and other heritage collections go online, we need to consider who is creating these collections and why

Arts & Culture

Translating data into soft power

Understanding the power of raw data for cultural institutions to create compelling stories has become easier with a new data mapping app

Arts & Culture

Museums in cyberspace

In the face of COVID-19, museums have moved to engage audiences online. Here are some lessons on what works and what doesn’t

Education

The soft power of education

Since the 1950s, Australia has been consistent about the way education can build our nation’s soft power, but the time has come to update our approach

Arts & Culture

Treading softly in power diplomacy

Museums have emerged as new and effective actors of cultural soft power, including outside the West in countries like China and Russia

Arts & Culture

Putting museum power on the map

The ‘soft power’ of cultural institutions like museums can now be mapped and properly appreciated globally after researchers developed a unique online tool