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  • RSS Culture @ the Olympics
    • Media Blueprint for the London 2012 Games
      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). […]
    • “Going for Gold” – Enriching Student Learning Through the 2012 Games
      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. […]
    • Sociology and the 2012 Olympic Games
      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 timel […]
    • Untold Stories of an Olympic Games
      Presentation by Editor Andy Miah for the British Library […]
    • The Olympic Mascots
      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’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 arti […]
    • London 2012: Festival, Cultural Olympiad & Public Art
      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’s been under fire for equivocating on the use of the concept ‘Cultural Olympiad’, and it has just approved the design of Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit‘ viewing […]
    • Coubertin Olympic Awards Competition Open
      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 t […]
    • Social Media and the Future of Citizen Journalism (via Carlson Media)
      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. […]
    • Thanks a lot Vancouver!
      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 […]
    • Vectorial Elevation
      ‘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. […]
  • RSS Recent Speaking Events
    • Abandon Normal Devices 2010 #ANDfest
      From 1-7 October, I’ll be working on the #ANDfest programme in Manchester, chairing a series of Salons, the #media2012. Take a peek at the AND festival website here Here’s where you can definitely find me during the festival…. Oct 2 -The Science of Ambiguity Sat... […]
    • #media2012 : Blueprint for #london2012
      This page articulates a proposal for the London 2012 Games, to assemble the social media people of the world and to create an open media environment, where culture, sport and local stories can be told across international zones. The proposal aspires to create an Underground... […]
    • Posthuman Lifestyles: The Film
      At long last, the footage from my inaugural lecture is online. Take a peek at the last 10 years of biology and computing to see whether 'the future has arrived' […]
    • Nanoscaled (2010, Apr 10, AND Festival)
      Thanks to Cat Kramer, Zoe Papadopolous and Dr Anthony Mark Cutter for their participation in the Nanoscaled Salon at #ANDfest last month. fun times gassing about nano icecream (pictured above). […]
    • Abandon Normal Devices, Cumbria (2010, Mar-Apr)
      The next installment of AND is underway this month. Two Salons are scheduled which I’ll Chair, the first took place last week and was packed out. It was titled ‘Diagnose‘ and included Hans Bernhard from Ubermorgan, featuring their new work ‘User Generated Illness’ On 10... […]
    • Sport and Society: the Summer Olympics through the lens of social science (2010, Apr 20, London)
      My talk at the British Library’s launch of their Olympic archive discusses aspects of the Games that remain obscured from the awareness of most audiences. Tuesday 20 April 2010, 2.00 – 5.00pm, followed by a reception till 18.30 Meeting Room 4, British Library Conference centre.... […]
    • Posthuman Lifestyles: The Prezintation
      Thanks so much to everyone who came to my inaugural lecture last night, especially those who travelled far and wide. It was great to see you and spend time with you. Here’s the prezi file for those who couldn’t make it (please be patient, it’s... […]
    • Posthuman Lifestyles: Has the future arrived?
      The Inaugural lecture of Professor Andy Miah, University of the West of Scotland (23 March, 2010) The year 2010 marks the 10-year anniversary of two technological revolutions – the genetic and the digital. It is also one of the most prominent years projected as ‘the... […]
    • Ethical Design in Pervasive Media (2010, Mar 5)
      This is the title of a talk I’ll give for: ‘Pervasive or Invasive?’ hosted by the UWE Digital Cultures Research Centre at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol on Friday, March 5th 2010. The day is designed to bring cutting edge research to the Pervasive Media... […]
    • Fresh Media Olympics
      Speaking today at the Fresh Media Olympics Conference in Vancouver. Starting at 1pm at W2 Media + Culture House. SCHEDULE Monday, Feb 22 W2 Culture + Media House • 112 W Hastings 12:00pm – Registration and hot soup lunch 1:00pm – Keynote by Andy Miah... […]