"My jsme Tibeťané, a toto je náš příběh" : dynamika diskurzů a propagandistických strategií Tibetského muzea v Dharamsale
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Special-purpose publication |
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| Description | The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) have been fighting a propaganda war since 1959 when the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Indian exile. Since then, the two sides have been fighting imaginary battles mostly over Tibet's history, the Tibetan people's identity and the support of political powers or the world opinion. The dynamics of official discourses and propaganda have been changing over time, and the two rivals in the contest have been reaching out to different channels of communication and other pro-means to spread their political rhetoric – museology and the use of the institution of the museum being one of them. After introducing the historical and political context and the development of narratives about Tibet related to CTA and PRC propaganda, in the presented dissertation, I show how the way of guiding visitors and trying to influence their views on the so-called "Tibet question" has changed in the institution of the Tibet Museum, which is the only museum in the world under the direct supervision of the Tibetan government-in-exile now based in Dharamsala, India. I also demonstrate the evolution and current form of the propaganda strategies that the CTA (in collaboration with hired western museology and design experts) has resorted to in an effort to turn the propaganda war with the PRC to its advantage. |
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