02791nam 2200517 450 991081839530332120170924175038.01-4422-7677-0(CKB)3710000000840937(EBL)4653939(MiAaPQ)EBC4653939(EXLCZ)99371000000084093720160907h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCities, museums and soft power /Gail Dexter Lord, Ngaire Blankenberg ; preface by Richard FloridaWashington, District of Columbia :The AAM Press,2015.©20151 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-941963-03-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cities, Museums And Soft Power ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction: Why Cities, Museums and Soft Power; 2. The Economics of Museums and Cities; 3. Museums in Public Diplomacy; 4. London's Knowledge Quarter: The Soft Power of Museums in the Knowledge Economy and Urban Development; 5. Museums in the Age of Brazilian Soft Power; 6. Museums as Signifiers in the Gulf; 7. When Soft Powers Collide; 8. Unearthing the Genius Loci of Museums in the Indian Subcontinent; 9. Cultural Nomads: Creative People on the Road; 10. Cranking Up the Soft Power Engine of Chinese Museums11. A Tale of Two Civil and Human Rights Cities12. Cairo and Its Museums: From Multiculturalism to Leadership in Sustainable Development; 13. Global and Local: Fairs and Biennials, Temporary Urbanism and Pop-Up Museums; 14. The Museum Building Boom; 15. Thirty-two Ways for Museums to Activate Their Soft Power; Authors; Bibliography; IndexIn Cities, Museums and Soft Power, museum planners Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg demonstrate how museums and cities are using their soft power to address some of the most important issues of our time. Soft power is the exercise of influence through attraction, persuasion, and agenda setting rather than military or economic coercion.MuseumsSocial aspectsMuseumsEconomic aspectsCity and town lifeMuseumsSocial aspects.MuseumsEconomic aspects.City and town life.307.76SOC026030ART000000bisacshLord Gail Dexter1629928Blankenberg NgaireFlorida RichardMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818395303321Cities, museums and soft power3967947UNINA