The Cultural Olympiad as a platform to expand Olympic narratives
Contribution to panel within the #media 2012 conference at the Abandon Normal Devices festival in Manchester Panel Debate: Journalism, Sport […]
Cultural Policy
A ‘City of Culture’ initiative for Italy?
Claudio Bocci, Director of Institutional Relations at Federculture and Ravello LAB committee member, has built on the evidence provided by
Project: European Capitals of Culture policy group
In 2009 I attracted funding from the European Commission to establish an international network of researchers and programmers working on
Beyond Impacts
Lessons and legacies from researching Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture The five year Impacts 08 research programme I have directed
Impact Research
Since 2006, I have been the director of the Impacts 08 research programme. Impacts 08 – The Liverpool Model, is
Cultural Policy
All my work considers the cultural policy rationale of cultural programmes staged within major national and international events. I have developed
The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy
I have been conducting research on the Olympic Games cultural dimension since 1999, in particular, the Cultural Olympiad or official
New Beijing, New Media?
Emergent Journalistic Practice at the Olympics In: 9th International Symposium on Olympic Research, International Centre for Olympic Studies, University of
One Hundred Years of Olympic Cultural Programming
Full reference: Garcia, B. (2008) ‘One Hundred Years of Cultural Programming within the Olympic Games (1912-2012): Origins, evolution and projections‘ in: International
Can policy be artist-led?
Perspectives from a policy analyst / researcher 2007, March 7 In January 2007, I was invited by the artists think
Symbolic maps of the city
Garcia, B. (2007) ‘Symbolic maps of the city: Visualising conflicting narratives to capture the meaning(s) of place’ in: Mapping the
The Creative Legacy of the Olympic Games
Garcia, B. (2007) ‘The creative legacy of the Olympic Games. The symbolic dimension of the Games as a basis for
(2007) Living the multicultural Olympic city. Cultural policy and planning in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Summer Games
Garcia, B. ‘Living the multicultural Olympic city. Cultural policy and planning in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Summer Games’, in: Gold,
New Beijing, Great Journalism?
Garcia, B. and Miah, A. (2007) ‘New Beijing, Great Journalism? Media Freedom During the Beijing Olympic Games period’ in session:
(2006) Non-Accredited Media, Olympic Games and the Host City
Miah. A. and Garcia, B. (2006) Invited Plenary Speaker: ‘Non-Accredited Media, Olympic Games and the Host City’ in Communication Forum
(2006-2008) Towards London 2012: Non-accredited Media, Cultural Discourses, and Olympic Host City Identity
Co-investigators: Dr Beatriz Garcia and Dr Andy Miah Research funded by the British Academy. Additional information and links: Culture @
Exchanging culture for style
Garcia, B. “Exchanging culture for style… Glasgow’s image transformation from ‘City of Culture’ into ‘Scotland with Style’ (1983-2004)”, presented at:
(2002- 2005) Cities and Culture Project: Understanding the Long-term Legacies of Glasgow 1990, European City of Culture
Lead Investigator: Research funded by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR, University of Glasgow). From January 2002 to December
(2004) Reinventando Glasgow como Ciudad Europea de la Cultura. Impactos en turismo cultural (1986-2000)
Garcia, B. in: Font, J. (Ed.) Casos de turismo cultural: de la planificación estratégica a la evaluación de productos. Barcelona:
Urban Regeneration, Arts Programming and Major Events
Published in: International Journal for Cultural Policy (vol 10, n 1) (pp. 103-118) The potential of arts activity as a