The development of National Institutes for Culture: The Case Study of the French (Institut Français) and Russian (Russian Centre of Science and Culture) Cultural Centres

• Název práce v češtině: Národní kulturní instituty: Případová studie Francouzského institutu a Ruského centra pro vědu a kulturu
• Název v anglickém jazyce: The development of National Institutes for Culture: The Case Study of the French (Institut Français) and Russian (Russian Centre of Science and Culture) Cultural Centres
• Klíčová slova: soft power|kulturní globalizace|ruské kulturní centrum pro vědu a kulturu|Francouzský Institut|kulturní instituce|branding národa
• Klíčová slova anglicky: soft power|cultural globalisation|Russian Cultural Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC)|Institut Français|cultural institution|national brand
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2015/2016
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Ústav světových dějin (21-USD)
• Vedoucí / školitel: Mgr. Jiří Janáč, Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
• Datum přihlášení: 25.04.2016
• Datum zadání: 14.05.2016
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 24.06.2016
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 19.06.2017 00:00
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 15.05.2017
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 19.06.2017
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná pracovníkem v zastoupení a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: prof. Nathalie Heinich

Zásady pro vypracování

This research focuses on the development of cultural centres, especially on the French (Institut Français) and the Russian (Russian Centre of Science and Culture) cultural centres. The study of Institut Français and RCSC is significant because it reveals a different model of functioning for a cultural centre in an international context. The goal is to see the differences of two cultural centres and analyse in which way these differences influence the cultural centres’ development. This goal includes the identification of directors’ characteristics, differences between two national cultural centres of France and Russia and the influence of location on the cultural centre. To conduct this study, the basic theoretical context includes: the cultural diplomacy and globalization, national culture and national branding, intercultural mediation and cultural development. This research looks at the role and strategies assumed by French and Russian centres abroad in preserving national culture by asking the question: what are the strategies in the promotion of national image abroad? The study is not about national identity but it focuses on the national image (brand) that countries construct through their cultural centres abroad. By identifying the differences and common characteristics between these two centres. It will progresses diverse research methods: 1) document analysis, 2) semi-structured interviews with directors of culture centres, 3) participant observation (internship) in Russian and French cultural centres, 4) online survey. Using the four methods, this paper aims to answer the question: how do strategies for the development of cultural centres change abroad?
This study is structured in three main chapters. The first chapter of my Mater thesis provides the reasons of creation of the national cultural centres abroad and open the historical comparative perspective on Russian and French cultural institutions abroad during the Twentieth century. The second chapter answers how the Institut Français and the Russian cultural centre adapt their cultural policies in the globalized world. The proposed research will indicate the process of branding in third chapter by examining the social characteristics of the centres’ directors and the differences between Russian and French centres in the construction of their cultural and art programs abroad.

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