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October 2010 Gardeners Exposed to 2012 Olympics Construction Radiation Hazard 2012 Olympics preparations exposed users of Manor Garden Allotments to redioactive waste hazard, documentation from the period reveals. Failure to adequately investigate contamination in the former West Ham landfill tip prior to extensive excavations also gambled with the health of local residents, construction workers and [...]
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lifeisland – Manor Garden Olympic Allotments
Posted: February 18, 2012 by johnoreardon in The Museum1
The house is caught up in the (after)life or death
Posted: January 27, 2012 by jamesrrellison in The MuseumI’m glad to hear somebody else noticed that building, I think its a hall of some kind….? For me it seemed to fit perfectly well within the schema of the museum. Next to the mock-up interiors and facsimile exteriors, the house sits as a record of what once was. And, as if housing the same [...]
the house is caught up in the life-and-death
Posted: January 27, 2012 by hellomeaow in The Museum, UncategorizedWhen we went to Museum of London, one of the photographs Cathy ( sorry if I remembered her name wrong) showed us in her presentation was the view of the museum from above. Theo pointed out a small building that was sitting rather awkwardly, and it was surrounded by the building of the museum. The [...]
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Posted: January 13, 2012 by johnoreardon in The MuseumReceived this email from Kathryn Darling re: Olympics… Hi John, Hope you are well The press office are currently compiling a report for Universities Week on ‘Research, Development and the Olympics’. As part of the project, there will be a report launched which focuses on the research and developments made by universities that have contributed [...]
Yesterday I did not want to comment on the subject of globalisation through events such as the Olympics because it is another huge subject, besides, it touches sensitive cultural issues. However Michael’s comment about the American athletes’ programme encouraged me- and that could be dangerous The term Joseph Nye used, “soft power”, could fit perfectly [...]
Iran Objects to ‘Racist’ London 2012 Olympics Logo
Posted: December 13, 2011 by nimaes in The Museum, The PoliticalTags: The Olympics
I’ve found an article about Iran’s National Olympic Committee who claims that London’s olympic logo spells out “Zion.” Actually, this obsession of “looking awry” has become a tradition. I remember the same claim against ‘Coca-Cola’ logo: one may spells out the arabic words consisting the message: “Neither Mohammed, Nor Mecca” by looking the english logo-type [...]
Olympic police (re)action figure
Posted: December 13, 2011 by jamesrrellison in The Museum, The PoliticalTags: olympics
Here is an interesting image I found and the blog link it originates from. Dan Hancox blog
Museum stuff, so much stuff, stuff,stuff stuff stuff…………. stuff
Posted: December 11, 2011 by alternativeartcollege in The MuseumMuseums like that of the British Museum and the Louvre were set out to be a centre for nationalistic culture, now though anything from the bus stop to the school can be a site that can become a museum. Eilean Hooper suggests that “going to a museum is often closer to going to a theme [...]
http://cms.gold.ac.uk/student/podium-competition/ I think this will give us something to talk about on Tuesday, museum group!
Thought this was an interesting article from a year ago about the involvement of museums in the olympics… http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Olympics+move+in+to+London’s+museums/22144
