Public Service Media contribution to society
Find below my contribution to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ‘Knowledge Exchange 2015‘, an excellent forum dedicated to discussing ways […]
European Capitals of Culture
Cultural value, media events & city narratives
Presentation at AIMAC 2015 (Aix-en-Provence & Marseille) My paper abstract, below: Ever since the widespread acceptance that the arts
Urban Cultural Projects: Practice, Research, Policy
I have been invited by the University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center to join an international research gathering at the university’s
The cultural value of event-led city regeneration
I am in Helsinki presenting the paper ‘The cultural value of event-led city regeneration. What makes a European Capital of Culture sustainable’ .
Remembering, Narrating & Re-connecting Space in Liverpool
On the 14 & 15 May I am contributing to “The Global City: Past and Present“, as part of an
Urban Myths?
Urban Myths? Transforming narratives of place via the media representation of one-off international cultural events Paper presented at: Mediated City
Plenary Panel at Forum Avignon Bilbao
I presented the paper: European Capitals of Culture as a platform for artists to shape and change institutions within the panel dedicated
Collection of films on my views about Liverpool and cultural regeneration
I have finally had the chance to tidy up the links to a series of films produced under the series
European Parliament report: 30 years of ECoC Success Strategies & Long term effects
This study, conducted in 2013, is a response to the European Parliament 2012 call for a comprehensive assessment of the
Plenary at the European Culture Forum
I was pleased to provide an overview of my research on the European Capital of Culture Programme at the 3rd
A cultural mega event’s impact on innovative capabilities
Full reference: Bergsgard, N.A., Jøsendal, K. & Garcia, B. (2010) ‘A cultural mega event’s impact on innovative capabilities in art
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
25th Anniversary of European Capital of Culture, Brussels
I was a plenary speaker at a major European Commission conference in Brussels, celebrating 25 years of the European Capital
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
European Capital of Culture
I have researched the European Capital of Culture initiative since 2002. My research has focused on studying the regeneration potential
Approaches to the Newspaper Archive
Reason, M. and Garcia, B. ‘Approaches to the Newspaper Archive: Content Analysis and Press Coverage of Glasgow’s Year of Culture’,
Building on the European Culture Capital as impulse for cultural and creative development
Garcia, B. (2007) ‘Building on the European Culture Capital as impulse for cultural and creative development’, in: Change through the
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