The emergence of Argentinian, Brazilian and Chilean cultural diplomacy in the interwar period was closely correlated to the institutionalisation of what was then called “intellectual cooperation” (Dumont 2018). [...] The Chilean case is of particular interest insofar as its cultural diplomacy best illustrates how, in Latin America, Genevan internationalism and Pan-Americanism were intertwined in a history that played out as much on the regional as on the continental and international level. [...] 1.2 The Information Mission and its Instruments In order to engage in this internationalism, the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs implemented a systematic information policy about Chile by providing Chilean diplomatic missions with appropriate informational material. [...] Chilean Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Internationalisms 105appointment of a delegate – usually a diplomat already in post in Paris or in Europe11 – to the IIIC. [...] 13 AUN, A III 46, Report by Francisco Walker Linares presented to the Ministry of Public Edu- cation and the University of Chile to promote the creation of a Chilean commission, June 1930. [...] The 1930s were thus for Chile, as for the other Latin American countries, a decade marked by the entanglement of two cultural internationalisms during which some tried to create a synthesis of regionalism and universalism. Chile is perhaps the most successful example of this process, welcoming not only the First Inter-American Conference of American National Commissions in 1939 but also the first [...] 2.2 Rebirth and Expansion of the CCIC The CCIC was however not able to expand its activities due to the political, social and economic situation in Chile. [...] The CCIC became not only a cog in the wheel of international and inter-American intellectual cooperation, but also a real “centralising department of national culture” (CCIC 1953, 14). [...] Chilean Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Internationalisms 113cultural diplomacy more broadly, was able to support the objectives of “classi- cal” diplomacy, and that economic interests were far from absent from the ways in which intellectual cooperation was engaged in. [...] The University of Chile and the CCIC participated in this national/American dynamic with an inaugural event in 1938 during which the commission organised an exhibition of Chilean folk art.
Authors
- Bibliographic Reference
- Juliette Dumont. Chilean Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Internationalisms: An Entangled History (1927–1940s). Culture as Soft Power: Bridging Cultural Relations, Intellectual Cooperation, and Cultural Diplomacy, edited by Carbó-Catalan, Elisabet and Roig Sanz, Diana., De Gruyter, pp.99-120, 2022, 9783110744040. ⟨10.1515/9783110744552-005⟩. ⟨halshs-03761757⟩
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110744552-005
- HAL Collection
- ["Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société", 'CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique', 'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle', "Archives ouvertes de l'Histoire", 'Amériques', 'HISTOIRE', 'Centre de Recherche Et de Documentation sur les Amériques - UMR 7227', 'CONDORCET3', 'CAMPUS CONDORCET']
- HAL Identifier
- 3916276
- Institution
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
- Laboratory
- CREDA - Centre de Recherche Et de Documentation sur les Amériques - UMR 7227
- Published in
- Boston/Berlin
Table of Contents
- Submitted on 30 Dec 2022 1
- Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International License 1
- Chilean Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Internationalisms An Entangled History 1927 1940s 2
- 1 The New Deal of the Chilean Diplomatic 3
- Machinery 3
- 1.1 Reforming and Modernising Chile s Diplomacy 3
- 1.2 The Information Mission and its Instruments 5
- 1.3 Promoting a Modern and Authentic Nation 6
- 2 Chile at the Crossroads of Latin America 8
- 2.1 The Chilean Commission of Intellectual Cooperation 8
- 2.2 Rebirth and Expansion of the CCIC 10
- 2.3 The Work of the CCIC An Abundance of Activity 11
- 3 Making Chile a Great Nation The Role of 13
- 3.1 Presenting Chile as an Educational Model Goals 13
- 3.2 Making the University of Chile into the University 16
- 3.3 All Roads Lead to Santiago de Chile 18
- 4 Conclusions 19
- Reference List 20
- Published Sources 22