Abstract
This article explores the Cold War context for the relationship between India’s National Institute of Design and its US funder, the Ford Foundation. Drawing on Ford Foundation archives to examine the complexities of philanthropic funds for US diplomacy with India, this article acknowledges US hegemony in design and modernization discourse, while also balancing it with attention to the reciprocal flows of knowledge between the West and the global South. This article examines the impact of design networks and expertise on international political and economic negotiations, and argues that Indian nationalism, both at the government level and in the design school, influenced Ford Foundation activities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 207-224 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Design and Culture |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2017 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Design and Culture on 28/06/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17547075.2017.1322876Keywords
- Cold War
- cultural diplomacy
- design
- pedagogy
- National Institute of Design
- India
- nationalism
- Ford Foundation
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Claire Wintle
- School of Humanities and Social Science - Principal Lecturer
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Centre for Design History
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