That's a very groovy website, I must say... will peruse it
more when I have time.
Yes, not just the Olympics but hostile sporting circuses
the world over. The undomicilable in pursuit of the
nondomiciled (apologies to Oscar Wilde!).
:-)
--
Dr Jon Cloke
Lecturer
Geography Department
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
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Tel: 00 44 07984 813681
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:04:20 -0500
Deb Ranjan Sinha <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Same thing happening in South Africa with the upcoming
>football World Cup. Watch
> the excellent documentary produced by the Dutch public
>broadcaster VPRO called
> *Staying alive in Jo'burg* that shows how access and use
>of public space is
> being limited in the runup to the World Cup under strict
>supervision by FIFA. A
> local geographer is the main guide in the documentary -
>this is the first
> documentary where I have seen a geographer play this
>important role!
>
> Incidently, this documetary is part of the series called
>*Century of the cities*
> and VPRO is making them available for free.
> http://eeuwvandestad.nl/download
>
> Great tools for teaching, especially for those
>interested in cities and the
> developing world.
>
> Deb.
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