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	<title>Culture @ the Olympics: Issues, Trends and Perspectives, Edited by Andy Miah &#38; Beatriz Garcia</title>
	<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk</link>
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		<title>Media Blueprint for the London 2012 Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Days ahead of the LOCOG World Press Briefing, C@tO Editor Andy Miah is outlining a vision for the 2012 Games that draws together the nations and regions to collectively tell their story via citizen media. Find below  the outline for #media2012. The proposal launch will take place on 4 Oct, 2010 in Manchester @ANDfestival (http://www.andfestival.org.uk).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/07/media-blueprint-for-the-london-2012-games/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Going for Gold&#8221; &#8211; Enriching Student Learning Through the 2012 Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2012 Games now fast approaching, this year’s conference will explore opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to re-vitalise curricula to enhance student learning opportunities and experiences, and to encourage student engagement with learning. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/07/going-for-gold-enriching-student-learning-through-the-2012-games/</link>
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		<title>Sociology and the 2012 Olympic Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sociology
Journal of the British Sociological Association 
Special Issue 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS 
Sociology and the 2012 Olympic Games  
The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games provide an exciting focus for  sociological analyses of the personal and public, local and global. The special issue,
to be published in 2011, provides an opportunity to contribute timely reflections on
the sociological interest and significance of this global event in UK and comparative
context. This special issue aims to bring together strong theoretical, empirical and
methodological contributions from across the field of sociology, demonstrating the
ways in which ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/06/sociology-and-the-2012-olympic-games/</link>
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		<title>Untold Stories of an Olympic Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Editor Andy Miah for the British Library
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		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/06/untold-stories-of-an-olympic-games-2010-april/</link>
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		<title>The Olympic Mascots</title>
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On 19 May, 2010, the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG)  launched the Olympic and Paralympic Mascots. Their design is in keeping with London&#8217;s pursuit of postmodern iconography, which has created an absence of locative symbols through which outsiders can interpret the 2012 Games. This approach to imaging the Games was most clearly articulated three years ago, with the launch of the logo, which also attracted attention for its avant-garde structure and unique functional property of maintaining its visual integrity even without the Olympic rings (see Miah 2007).
Similarly, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/05/the-olympic-mascots/</link>
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		<title>London 2012: Festival, Cultural Olympiad &amp; Public Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past month since Vancouver 2010 came to a close, London 2012 has made important strides in its progress towards its Games. It has appointed a new director for the Cultural Olympiad, Ruth Mackenzie, it&#8217;s been under fire for equivocating on the use of the concept &#8216;Cultural Olympiad&#8217;, and it has just approved the design of Anish Kapoor&#8217;s &#8216;Orbit&#8216; viewing tower for the Olympic Park (pictured). It will be the largest public art work in the UK, though has already attracted controversy. Regardless of your aesthetic taste, the headline ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/04/london-2012-festival-cultural-olympiad-or-public-art/</link>
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		<title>Coubertin Olympic Awards Competition Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coubertin Olympic Awards Competition, run by the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC) and the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) with the patronage of HRH The Princess Royal and have been recognised by the Inspire Mark, is launching this year’s calls for submissions. The competition is challenging students to write a research essay on how the Olympic ideals of fairness, integrity and openness can help businesses balance commercial success with their social responsibilities.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/04/coubertin-olympic-awards-competition-open/</link>
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		<title>Social Media and the Future of Citizen Journalism (via Carlson Media)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a great film about the Vancouver 2010 Social Media coverage. Highlights include recognition that citizen journalists gave the Paralympic Games a profile, when broadcasters fail. As well, recognition of the different roles of citizen and investigative journalists.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/03/social-media-and-the-future-of-citizen-journalism-via-carlson-media/</link>
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		<title>Thanks a lot Vancouver!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Olympic Games has drawn to a close. Thanks so much to all of our new friends, especially W2 and, in particular, Irwin Oostindie, Lianne Payne. As well, thanks to Steve Kammerer, Jessica Compton and Kelly, Liz Schulze, Carolyn Liu and Jim Rupert who helped our massive team with accommodation. Finally, thanks also to the Abandon Normal Devices Festival and the Carnegie Trust. We will continue to post items about Vancouver 2010 over the next few months, keeping track of what happened for many years to come. Enjoy the Paralympic ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/03/thanks-a-lot-vancouver/</link>
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		<title>Vectorial Elevation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Vectorial Elevation’ is an interactive art installation, by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, which features 20 10-kilowatt robotic searchlights along the shoreline. The beams illuminate over a one-kilometre patch of sky and are visible from more than 15 kilometres away.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk/2010/03/vectorial-elevation/</link>
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