Abstract
This photo-essay emerges from an ethnographic research project, Speaking Out of Place, that examines experiences of living in the Post Olympics‘ East Village residential development in E20 (see also Chapters 4 and 5). This series of images and accompanying analyses aim to expand and complicate existing East Village and E20 narratives. The images, loosely-speaking, are environmental portraits, but they evade easy categorization as intimate close-ups that are mixed with anonymous distant shots, single people with groups, and eyes-to-camera portraits with documentary moments. The shifting perspectives demand varying responses from the audience, so the viewer is led through a 'dis-coherent‘ experience aimed at eliciting a questioning and critical response to the Olympic legacy story.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | London 2012 and the post-Olympics city |
| Subtitle of host publication | a hollow legacy? |
| Editors | Phil Cohen, Paul Watt |
| Place of Publication | London, U.K. |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 179-204 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137489463 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Impact: This is a key text on London 2012 and the post-Olympic City with international significance. The chapter is the first published output of two years primary research in East Village on the new place and pioneer residents of the flagship Olympic and Paralympic neighborhood development, converted from the Athletes Village.Keywords
- East Village
- Geography and environmental studies
- London 2012 Olympics
- Paralympics
- Post-Olympics
- visual research