Legacyspeak is an extreme case of what linguists call nominalisation in which actions are turned into objects and verbal processes are turned into abstract nouns. At its simplest this involves the deletion of concrete human agency and its replacement by abstract entities which become the chief protagonists of the storyline. So instead of a transactive model of causality … [Read more...] about The Olygarch’s Guide To Legacyspeak
East London and Post Olympics
The Twenty Twelver’s Rough Guide To Useful Post-Olympic Expressions
A guide to useful post-Olympic Expressions is compiled here: Useful Post-Olympic Expressions. … [Read more...] about The Twenty Twelver’s Rough Guide To Useful Post-Olympic Expressions
Thinking Through The Olympics: Some Online Resources
The field of Olympic Studies exists at the intersection of many disciplines, each of which has its own angle, its own story to tell: the historical sociology of sport; media and cultural studies; the anthropology of performance; urban and community studies; political science, and so on. The field is also traversed by what might be called hyper-disciplines – theories and … [Read more...] about Thinking Through The Olympics: Some Online Resources
On the Wrong Side of the Track Gallery
Below are images from the book On the Wrong Side of the Track which is described here. Click on the image to advance. … [Read more...] about On the Wrong Side of the Track Gallery
Towards a Good Enough Legacy: the Long Term Impact of London 2012
As London 2012 draws to a close the questions of Legacy and how to measure the Games' impact emerge as present tense issues. In this week's Friday essay Phil Cohen challenges the starting point of these discussions: the assumption that the population who use and will come to use the space all share the same vision as the narrowly selected development committee. View the … [Read more...] about Towards a Good Enough Legacy: the Long Term Impact of London 2012