evaluate literary works more objectively. Protonism Theory comprises five central principles: protonismiotics, restitution, inquiry, truth and ethics. Protismiotics combines Protonism and semiotics as a means of discovering whether a negative assessment of a work represents an attack on the author or an unprofessional critique. Protonism Theory, which forms the cornerstone of Marinaj's pluralistic cultural vision, has been incorporated into the syllabi of universities across America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Protonism Theory is taught as an elective subject at University "St. Cyril and Methodius" by Professor Afrim A. Redzepi. The course focuses on three topics: Text, Context, and Reception. It covers various aspects of culture, including Hegel's phenomenology of spirit, relational aesthetics, and the work of art as a cultural artifact. The course also examines the theories of John Dewey and Nicolas Rorty, as well as the application of Protonism Theory. Basic literature for the course includes Marinaj's "Protonizm Theory," John McDermott's "The Philosophy of John Dewey," and Kristen M. Walker's "Hemisphere: Visual Culture of America, Protonism." The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China has made Protonism Theory a part of its graduate academic programs. Marinaj's lecture "Protonism Theory: An Aid For Improving the Social Function of Literature," first delivered in October 2021 at South Korea's Dankook University and initially published in Korean, has since been published and presented on in multiple world languages. Literary ethnography Marinaj's studies Sung Across the Shoulder: Heroic Poetry of Illyria (Mundus Artium Press, 2011; co-edited, translated and introduced with Frederick Turner) and dissertation-based Oral Poetry in Albanian and Other Balkan Cultures: Translating the Labyrinths of Untranslatability (UMI, 2012; Pro Quest, Michigan, USA 2020) draw on his personal ethnographic research. Examining oral poets and performers in their linguistic, historical, geographical, cultural, social and aesthetic contexts, both works analyze the problems of translating oral poetry and reconstruct the translation process. The books also serve as anthologies of Albanian oral poetry in English translation. Marinaj has been recognized for his contribution to Albanian linguistics, specifically for creating new words and neologisms, several of which have been included in the "Lexico-phraseological and ethnolinguistic dictionary of the Malësi e Madhe," (Fjalor leksiko – frazeologjik dhe etnoliguistik i Malësisë së Madhe). Cultural diplomacy As of 2017, Marinaj has taken on the role of High Commissioner in the Department for Cultural and Scientific Exchanges at the International Council for Diplomacy and Justice, an organization registered with the NGO