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Announcing #citizenrelay Scotland and 6th March launch event
CitizenRelay is a participatory media project conceived to amplify London 2012 Cultural Olympiad activity taking place across Scotland. Led by the UWS Skillset Media Academy and funded by Creative Scotland it engages individuals and groups across the length and breadth of Scotland to generate multimedia content, aggregate it on one web platform and share alternative stories about the [...]
London 2012 Open Weekend in Scotland – Did you notice?
The London 2012 Open Weekend took place from 22-24thJuly across the UK, and included in excess of 1000 events marking “one year to go” until the Olympic Games descend upon London. A range of sporting and cultural events were involved in the celebrations, from Weymouth to Wick, all designed to build interest in the forthcoming [...]
Scotland Hub
Olympic projects are as much about culture as the are sport (despite what you might think during Games time!). Moreover, Olympic funding extends across the Nations and the Regions of the UK and, I’m arguing here, right into the very heart of communities. One example worth sharing is the Govan Wave of Change project, part [...]
Social Media Surgery Scotland
Last week, a UWS colleague, Jennifer Jones (@jennifermjones), and I delivered a social media ‘surgery’ at CCA Glasgow (@CCA_Glasgow) as part of the hugely successful UWSCreative student showcases held in this venue. At UWS we’re trying to think creatively about how we can engage staff and students with the theme of social media without resorting [...]
#media2014
During a pause from a very busy day of meetings at the CCA Glasgow today (@CCA_Glasgow), I thought it was necessary to commit my thoughts on an emerging idea for #media2014 to paper (well online). The impetus for this was a meeting with Frances Bonner from Glasgow 2014 Ltd who has responsibility for the development [...]
Scotland 2012
Since I arrived at my current institution in November I’ve become more involved in the #media2012 agenda which Professor Andy Miah and Jennifer Jones of UWS (amongst others) have been promoting around the UK in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. This post provides a short update on where we’re at with [...]
New Media. New Games by @ana_adi
Lessons from Beijing 2008 Presentation by Ana Adi @ana_adi at #media2012
Social Media and the World Cup
by David McGillivray, Prezi from #Media2012 Launch
