Arts & Culture - JP Singh

This section collects my scholarly and public engagement work in arts and culture. Apart from scholarly output in books and articles, from 2016-21, I edited Arts & International Affairs a peer-reviewed journal published by the Policy Studies Organization that interrogates the nexus between the politics and economics of the arts through a global perspective.

A KEYNOTE ADDRESS THAT SUMMARIZES MY RESEARCH: What do global cultural flows tell us about our interest and values? And, what can we do about them?
Biennial International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Tallinn, Estonia, 2018

ARTS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Listed below are my articles and editorials from the journal. AIA brought together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in arts and cultural policy communities. Apart from peer-reviewed scholarly articles (“long-form”), AIA published two other types of commentaries: short “brushstrokes” articles on current and important issues, and “multimodal” articles that presented new methodologies for scholarly writing — including various textual and audiovisual forms.

LONG FORM ARTICLES

J.P. Singh and Evangelos Chrysagis. April 2019. Understanding Multimodalities in Arts and Social Sciences. Arts & International Affairs. 3.3/4.1. April 2019. doi: 10.18278/aia.3.3.4.1.1

J.P. Singh. June 2017. Art and the Global. Arts & International Affairs. 2:2.

J.P. Singh. March 2016. “A Subaltern Performance: Circulations of Gender, Islam, and Nation in India’s Song of Defiance.” Arts & International Affairs. 1:1.

My article “A Subaltern Performance” pays homage to a famous Bollywood song that has always stood for defiance against conservative social norms and authority (video embedded in pic above)

MULTIMODAL ARTICLES

J.P. Singh, JP, Guy Gotto, Zach Marschall. May 2018. The Arts, Participation, and Global Interests. Arts & International Affairs. 3:1.

EDITORIALS

“Cosmopolitanism and its Borders.” Editorial. 2019. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 4. No. 2. DOI: 10.18278/aia.4.2.1.

“Art and Conflict.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 4. No. 3. DOI: 10.18278/aia.4.3.1.

“Performativity and Participation.” Editorial. 2018. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 3. No. 1doi: 10.18278/aia.3.1.1.

“Arts and Cultural Institutions.” Editorial. 2018. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 3.

“Exploring Cultural Interests and Values.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 2. 2017. doi: 10.18278/aia.2.2.1

“Performing Culture.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 1. 2017. DOI: 10.18278/aia.2.1.1

“Perspectives and Remix.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 1. No. 1. DOI: 10.18278/aia.1.1.1

How to Imagine Cultural Relations Through Evolving Borders: Keynote given at Heilbronn Hochschule, January 2017

CULTURAL POLICIES

This section collects my general writings in cultural policies drawn from books, articles and policy reports listed on my website’s other pages.

BOOKS

J.P. Singh. 2020. Cultural Values in Political Economy. Editor. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2020

J.P. Singh. 2019. Science, Technology, Arts, and International Relations. (co-edited with Madeline Carr and Renée Marlin-Bennett) New York: Routledge.

J.P. Singh. 2015. Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. (Co-edited with Christiaan De Beukelaer and Mikkaa Pyykkonen) Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015.

J.P. Singh. 2011. Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity. New York: Columbia University Press.

J.P. Singh. 2011. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Creating Norms for a Complex World. London: Routledge.

J.P. Singh. 2010. International Cultural Policies and Power. Editor. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. International Political Economy Series.

ARTICLES

J.P. Singh. 2021. Race, Culture, and Economics: An Example from North-South Trade Relations. Review of International Political Economy. 28 (2): 323-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1771612

J. P. Singh. 2018. “UNESCO: Scientific humanism and its impact on multilateral diplomacy.” Global Policy. 9:3.

J.P. Singh. 2014. Cultural Networks & UNESCO: Fostering Heritage Preservation Betwixt Idealism and Participation. Heritage & Society.

J.P. Singh. 2008. Agents of Policy Learning and Change: US and EU Perspectives on Cultural Policy. Journal of Arts Management, Law, Society. 141-159.

J.P. Singh and Shilpa Hart. 2007. Sex Workers and Cultural Policy: Mapping the Issues and Actors in Thailand. Review of Policy Research. 24:2: 155-173.

J.P. Singh. 2007. Culture or Commerce? A Comparative Assessment of International Interactions and Developing Countries at UNESCO, WTO, and Beyond. International Studies Perspectives. 8: 36 – 53.

.P. Singh and Shilpa Hart. 2004. Development as Cross-Cultural Communication: Anatomy of a Development Project in North India. Journal of International Communication. 50-75.

CHAPTERS

Singh, J.P. 2023. “Sport, Race, and Cosmopolitanism.” in Chadwick, Simon, Paul Widdop, and Michael M. Goldman, eds. The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State. Routledge.

Singh, J. P., Neslihan Kaptanoğlu, and Meng-Hao Li. 2023. “Taking a Soft Power Approach to Cultural Heritage Protection: Toward an empirical methodology .” In Naren J. Chitty, Li Ji, and Gary D. Rownsley The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power, pp. 47-69. Routledge.

J.P. Singh. 2022. “Geographies of Peace and Religion.” In Jolyon Mitchell et al. Editors. Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers

J.P. Singh. 2021. “Racism and Paternalism” in Pevehouse, Jon CW, and Leonard Seabrooke, eds. The Oxford Handbook of International Political Economy. Oxford University Press.

J.P. Singh. 2020. “Introduction: Cultural Values in Political Economy.” In J.P. Singh. Editor. Cultural Values in Political Economy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

J.P. Singh. 2020. “Culture and International Development: Managing Participatory Voices and Value Chains in the Arts.” In Victoria Durrer and Raphaela Henze. Editors. Managing Culture: Reflecting on Cultural Exchange in a Global Times. Routledge. 2020.

.P. Singh. 2020. “The Meta-Power of Music.” In Ronald Grätz and Christian Höppner. Editors. Music Opens Up Worlds: Shaping International Relations. English language publication forthcoming. German language edition Musik öffnet Welten. Steidel GmbH

J.P. Singh. 2019. “Science, Technology and Art in International Relations: Origins and Prospects.” In J.P. Singh, Madeline Carr, Renée Marlin-Bennett. Editors. Science, Technology and Art in International Relations. New York: Routledge. 2019.

J.P. Singh. 2019. “Reflexivity in STAIR: Social Context and Ethics for the Future.” In J.P. Singh, Madeline Carr, Renée Marlin-Bennett. Editors. Science, Technology and Art in International Relations. New York: Routledge. 2019.

J.P. Singh. 2017. Regulating Cultural Goods and Identities Across Borders.” In Victoria Durrer, Toby Miller, and Dave O’Brien. Editors. The Routledge Companion to Global Cultural Policy. London: Routledge.

J.P. Singh. 2015. “Cultural Globalization and the Convention” In Christiaan De Beukelaer, Mikkaa Pyykkonen, and J.P. Singh. Editors. Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

J.P. Singh. 2015. “Conclusions: Theories, Methods, and Evidence.” In Christiaan De Beukelaer, Mikkaa Pyykkonen, and J.P. Singh. Editors. Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

J.P. Singh. 2010. “Global Cultural Policies and Power.” In J. P. Singh. Editor. International Cultural Policies and Power. Houndsmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-15. 2010

J.P. Singh. 2008. “Between Cooperation and Conflict: International Trade in Cultural Goods and Services.” In Joni Cherbo et al. Editors. The Public Life of the Arts in America. Second Edition. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 177-196. 2008.