I will be giving a paper at the 2nd ITSA bi-annual conference on “Globalisation, mega-events and tourism”, 6-9th November in Shanghai. The paper is the latest output from the research I have been carrying out with a colleague, Nikki MacLeod, into the Cultural Olympiad of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In this paper, we… [Read more…]
I was interviewed last week by a correspondent from Business Week - you can read the published article by clicking here.
The dates for our Olympic legacy conference for 2009 have been announced – have a look at our blog here to keep up to date with the plans and to view the presentations from last year’s event.
I was interview by a journalist from AFP last week about the presence of London 2012 organisers in Beijing, observing and networking in preparation for London’s games in four years time. I was asked about the value of visiting other host cities and what, specifically, London could hope to learn. As has become quite clear… [Read more…]
I’m uploading all the presentations from our 1st annual conference on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games to the conference blog. The plan is to keep the blog updated throughout the year with links to information about the legacy planning for 2012 as well as links to new research in the area.
This presentation explains some research that a colleague and I are carrying out into the Cultural Olympiad being planned for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. It contains some brief notes on a memetic framework we are developing as a way of engaging with the Cultural Olympiad as an evolving system with a heritage and a future… [Read more…]
October 21, 2008
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