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