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    UNESCO-UNDP tourism and security in Cold War Turkey and Iran
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022) N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; N/A; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Leeson, Madison; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235112; N/A
    In the mid 1960s, UNESCO took on tourism development initiatives in both Turkey and Iran that were financed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The projects focused on restoration of historic zones to improve capacity for rural tourism, including concerts and festivals. These were Cold War efforts intended to sway hearts and minds in the countryside that built on earlier industrialization and concurrent militarization schemes. In Turkey, one modest 1965 initiative at Side paved the way for the South Antalya Tourism Infrastructure Project, a 1976 loan for $46.2 million from the World Bank. In Iran, $4 million resulted in the first UNESCO-UNDP tourism program of its kind to link an international tourism agenda with a country's national development plan: a UNESCO corridor from Tabriz to Shiraz. Drawing from archives at UNESCO and the World Bank, we explore how these initial UNESCO-UNDP tourism programs offered a further buffer for the west to both Soviet and Arab spheres of influence. Through this lens, we argue that tourism development became a way that Turkey and Iran as well as UNESCO, UNDP, and the World Bank became entangled in and benefitted from Cold War security.
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    Cultural programming for social catharsis: the case of the Aeschylus museum
    (Common Ground Research Networks, 2020) Martín, Antonio Núñez; N/A; Leeson, Madison; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    The Aeschylus Museum is in development for the town of Eleusis, Greece, site of the Eleusinian Mysteries and birthplace of the ancient tragedian Aeschylus. The institution will practice a collections-free strategy that acknowledges objects as one tool of the museum, employing digital exhibitions to foster effective engagement and relevance. By presenting transcendent values through the narratives of Aeschylus, exhibitions will have the power to forge shared connections between visitors and the past. These values will enable the Museum to be an interactive and participatory “institution of the Muses,” hosting a theater and cultural center as well as the Museum’s digital exhibitions. In developing the Aeschylus Museum, we sought to engage the community by identifying key segments of potential visitors and their values and needs. This article presents seven primary segments of the Museum’s potential audience and the expectations they may have for the institution going forward. Future research is required to develop appropriate programming for these projected audiences.