Pyeongchang 2018 | Culture Diary
Two days into the Winter Olympic Games, my Cultural Olympiad…
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FIELDWORK | Pyeongchang 2018 Cultural Olympiad
I am on my way to my eleventh Olympic Games…
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Comment| Valletta 2018 opening weekend
Valletta 2018 launches its year with Erba ‘ Pjajez,…
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Impacts 18 | Legacies of Liverpool as #ECoC
Impacts’18 is a longitudinal research programme dedicated to capturing the…
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My research on the ECOC programme
I have researched the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) initiative since 2002…
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UK European Capital of Culture 2023 selection discontinued
As expert appointed to the European Capital of Culture Selection…
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Cultural Legacies of Rio 2016, one year on
I am in Rio this week presenting the results of…
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PROJECT | Brands, Myths, Stories post Rio 2016
Reimaging Brazilian cities | Urban images and cultural narratives in…
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‘If everyone says so …’ Press narratives and image change in major event host cities
I have just published this academic paper within the Urban Studies…
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DEBATE | On the need for both ‘black’ and ‘white’ narratives around mega-event impacts.
We need to acknowledge both the black AND the white (plus some…
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PROJECT | What counts as #OlympicArt during the Rio 2016 Olympics?
I am in Rio throughout the Olympic Games, as I…
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PROJECT | Building bridges between Olympic cities and the Olympic Movement
I have been awarded one of only six Advanced Olympic Research…
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PROJECT | Shakespeare Lives ~ Impact on perceptions of Britain
I have been appointed by the British Council to direct a…
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Europe ~ UK Cultural Exchange: Can we avoid the worst of Brexit?
I wake up to the not totally surprising but still…
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ARTICLE | Closer to Marseille than to London … Europe and the EU as trumpeteers for British talent
On the day the United Kingdom decides whether to remain in or leave…
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Liverpool ArtLab | The city as laboratory for cultural exchange
On 21 June I am speaking at Common Ground, a…
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The Art of Devolution | Culture & the North
On 14 June 2016, I am speaking on the implications of…
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ArtsGames Forum Montreal
I am in Montreal on 25 and 26 May to…
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International cultural cooperation: Europe & Latinoamerica
On the 17th and 18th of May 2016 I have…
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My research trajectory since 1999
I have interrogated cities and event-led cultural policy-making since 1999.…
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