Asia, Africa and Latin America: cultural environments and local contexts
Asia, Africa and Latin America: cultural environments and local contexts
Ukrainian Institute conducted a series of analytical studies on cultural environments, local contexts, and trends in the functioning of the cultural sphere in selected countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America in partnership with think tanks and experts in 2024–2025.
About the research
Approximately 160 experts participated in the field stage of the research. It was conducted in the form of in-depth interviews and included members of the diplomatic corps and Ukrainian diaspora organisations, representatives of cultural, scientific, and art institutions, as well as media sphere and civil society organisations in the countries studied.
The research was conducted in India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico in order to develop an effective strategy for Ukrainian cultural diplomacy in these countries and to outline perspectives for further cooperation with Ukraine in the field of culture.
Research objectives
The main research objective is to identify and summarise data on local cultural infrastructure, socio-political, historical, and cultural contexts, matters of identity, indigenous people, other important local cultural phenomena, as well as sensitive topics and sociocultural occurrences in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, India and Indonesia.
The data obtained will create the basis for thorough, qualitative planning of directions, projects, and working formats for the Ukrainian Institute, representatives of the cultural sphere, and the diplomatic missions of Ukraine in the mentioned countries.
Designed materials will serve as a roadmap for the development of a strategically oriented, systematic presence of Ukrainian cultural diplomacy in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and will also help to prepare projects in various artistic fields to improve Ukraine’s image abroad.
Duration:
2024 – 2025
Conducted by
The Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
ADASTRA Think Tank
International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations
Ukrainian Association of South Africa (UAZA)
Project Team from the Ukrainian Institute
Project Manager: Mariia Protsiuk
Project coordinators: Polina Fedorenko, Anna Yukhymets, Daria Popil
Project team members: Anabell Sotelo Ramires, Khrystyna Dmytryshyn, Olena Tymoshenko, Tetyana Lytvynenko, Nadiya Veselukha, Nadiia Koval, Anna Prokhorova, Ani Saakyan, Yuliia Mykulych, Anastasiia Kapranova, Oskar Slushchenko.
Research:
Supported by
The research was implemented thanks to inancial support from the International Renaissance Foundation as a part of the G55214 project “Strengthening Ukraine’s Voice in the World”, with the assistance of the Cultural Diplomacy Foundation NGO, and with financial support from the American Councils.
