Cultural attaché

A cultural attaché is a diplomat with special responsibility for promoting the culture of his or her homeland. Historically, the post has often been filled by writers and artists, giving them a steady income, allowing them to do their own creative work, while promoting their own country's culture abroad.

References

External links

"What does a Cultural Attaché DO?" - John L. Brown, Foreign Service Journal, Vol. 41, No. 6 (June 1964)

Culture

Outline

Sciences	Anthropology Cultural ecology Cultural neuroscience Cultural studies Culturology Culture theory

Subfields	Cultural anthropology Cultural economics Cultural geography Cultural history Cultural psychology Intercultural relations Philosophy of culture Semiotics of culture Sociology of culture Theology of culture Sound culture Visual culture

Types	Bullying culture Dominant culture Folk culture High culture Low culture Official culture Political culture Popular culture Primitive culture Subculture list Super-culture Culture by location

Aspects	Acculturation Cultural appropriation Cultural artifact Cultural baggage Cultural behavior Cultural capital Cultural communication Cultural conflict Cultural cringe Cultural deprivation Cultural dissonance Cultural framework Cultural heritage Cultural icon Cultural identity Cultural invention Cultural landscape Cultural memory Cultural pluralism Cultural practice Cultural property Cultural region Cultural reproduction Cultural system Cultural universal Enculturation High- and low-context cultures Interculturality Material culture Non-material culture Trans-cultural diffusion Transculturation

Politics	Colonial mentality Consumer capitalism Cultural assimilation Cultural attaché Cultural backwardness Cultural Bolshevism Cultural conservatism Cultural diplomacy Cultural exception Cultural feminism Cultural genocide Cultural hegemony Cultural imperialism Cultural intelligence Cultural learning Cultural liberalism Cultural nationalism Cultural pessimism Cultural policy Cultural rights Cultural Zionism Culture change Culture minister Culture war Interculturalism Monoculturalism Multiculturalism

Related	Bennett scale Conformity Cross-cultural Cultural bias Cultural competence Cultural critic Cultural diversity Cultural lag Cultural mosaic Cultural movement Cultural relativism Cultural revolution Cultural tourism Cultural turn Cultural sensibility Culture gap Culture hero Culture industry Culture shock Death and culture Emotions and culture Intercultural competence Media culture Organizational culture Transformation of culture

Portal Category changes

Diplomacy and diplomats

Roles

Diplomatic
leader titles

Multilateral	Permanent Representative United Nations Ambassador-at-Large Resident Representative

Bilateral-national	Ambassador High Commissioner Nuncio Chargé d'affaires Head of mission Deputy Chief of Mission

Bilateral-subnational	Consul

Bilateral-insular	Resident Resident Commissioner Envoy Agent-General

By portfolio (Attaché)	Agricultural attaché Air attaché Chargé de mission Conseiller Chargé des Investissements Cultural attaché Military attaché Science attaché Trade commissioner

Other roles

Classification

Diplomatic rank

Offices

Types

Topics

Documents

Exequatur
Letter of credence
Letter of protest