culture - Prof. Dr. Ana ADI

New publication: Olympic humanitarianism – the fundamental principles of Olympism

by anaadiBeijing, human rights, IOC, olympism, Publications, research January 20, 2015December 4, 2018No Comments

The Journal of Olympic History recently features on the cover of its latest number my article “Olympic humanitarianism: the fundamental principles of Olympism”. While I have published shorter articles on the same topic before in Culture @ the Olympics and Sportanddev.org this is the article that contains the research that informed them. This article, …

My PhD Thesis in the British Library

by anaadiBeijing, dissertation, human rights, olympism, Publications, research February 21, 2014September 5, 2024No Comments

You can now find my PhD thesis in the British Library collection of electronic theses. Below is the abstract of my thesis: The Olympic Games is a mechanism through which numerous advocacy and political groups compete to frame the media coverage that it generates. These processes are restricted by the relatively fixed guidelines imposed upon …

Third Sector Skills: Visual Communication @ BU’s Festival of Learning

by anaadiadvertising, new media, Workshops June 20, 2013May 9, 2014No Comments

The 13th of June in Bournemouth University’s calendar of theFestival of Learning was dedicated to visual communication. Aimed mainly at people working within the third sector the workshop which my colleague Anna Feigenbaum and I ran challenged participants to think about creating images that stick on a shoestring budget. To make the challenge more …

10+ Free Online Slideshow Resources for Lecturers and Communicators

by anaadi#smcedu, advertising, guest lectures, new media, tools August 2, 20107 Comments

I have delivered many conference presentations and guest lectures in the past, illness enough to realize that if one can have a slideshow with a twist (not the traditional click through powerpoint) half of the job of capturing the attention of the audience is done (of course, hepatitis this still requires a good presentation concept …

ISDPA Power of Sport Summit – Olympism sessions

by anaadihuman rights, new media, olympism June 12, 2010One Comment

There were two Olympism sessions at the ISDPA Power of Sport Summit touching mainly on two major topics: youth (as in the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Education) and Human Rights (as in the Charter as a human rights promotion mechanism and one on the Olympic Truce). To them Dr Mary Hums’ presentation on a …