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Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War UNESCO (1946-1958) highlights how after the Second World War, science became a crucial tool in the reestablishment of international relations, but, at the same time, an open battlefield in which different nations and ideologies struggled for hegemony.
This book explores for the first time, the international science popularization programs at UNESCO (1946-1958) as cultural diplomacy - that is, as cultural instruments aimed at promoting certain views of science to shape international relations. Through the historical reconstruction of UNESCO's science popularization policies and practices in its early years, this collective volume analyses in depth the ambiguous diplomatic nature of science, places science popularization in the broader history of the cultural Cold War and unveils its profound political nature. It provides a fresh historiographic perspective on science popularization in its international and diplomatic dimension, as well as food for thought on the political role of science in the past, but also in our troubled present.
Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War UNESCO (1946-1958) would appeal to students, scholars and historians - of science, politics or diplomacy -, science communicators and all those interested in the international dimension of science.
Contents
A Short Guide to UNESCO in its Early Years (1946-1958) Introduction: Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy Chapter 2. The International Politics of Science Popularization from the League of Nations to UNESCO Chapter 3. Julian Huxley, the Soviet "Other", and the Objectives of Popularization of Science Chapter 4. Staging Ecumenical Science for Peace: Science Popularization in Action at the UNESCO Month, 1946 Chapter 5. UNESCO as Teacher of Norms in Science Popularization Chapter 6. 'Food and People' or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love International Development: A Global South Narrative Chapter 7. 'É um abacaxi': Continuity, Contention and Contingency of Cultural Diplomacy in UNESCO's Traveling Scientific Exhibition for Latin America (1949-1953) Chapter 8. 'Man Measures the Universe': Instruments, Experiments and Numbers Travelling through Cold War Europe Chapter 9. Postscript



