Can policy be artist-led?
Perspectives from a policy analyst / researcher 2007, March 7 In January 2007, I was invited by the artists think […]
(2007) 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
Impacts 08 – The Liverpool Model. European Capital of Culture Research Programme
Additional information and links: Impacts 08 website | Programme summary Impacts 08 – The Liverpool Model, is a joint research
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
New Beijing, Great Journalism?
Garcia, B. and Miah, A. (2007) ‘New Beijing, Great Journalism? Media Freedom During the Beijing Olympic Games period’ in session:
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
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 @
City of style… and substance
Garcia, B. ‘City of style… and substance. Tracing the legacy of 1990 on Glasgow’s creative communities’, presented at: Creative Clusters
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:
De-constructing the City of Culture
Citation: Garcia, B. ‘De-constructing the City of Culture: The long term cultural legacies of Glasgow 1990’, in: Urban Studies (2005:
What is cultural policy research?
Citation: Scullion, A. and García, B. “What is cultural policy research?” in: International Journal of Cultural Policy (2005: vol 11,
(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
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
Local Roots for a Universal Event?
Paper presented in: 3rd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, HEC Montreal (25-28 August, 2004) [powerpoint slides] 1990 – and
From Athens 2004 to London 2012: The contribution of non-accredited media centres to representing the Olympic games host city
Co-investigators: Dr Beatriz Garcia and Dr Andy Miah Research funded by the British Academy (Jan-Dec 2004) This project has assessed
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,
Communicating Diversity through Major Events
Garcia, B. (2004) “Communicating Diversity through Major Events. The case of Cultureshock, North West Cultural Programme of the Manchester 2002
Second to what? On second cities that can lead the world
Garcia, B. (2004) “Second to what? Glasgow’s Cultural Role in Scotland, the UK and beyond” presented in: Second Cities Symposium,
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: