Festival
If you are looking at Notting Hill Carnival, then there are some brilliant podcasts for you to listen to from The Open University. Click here to listen & get ready to make some crucial notes. The podcasts cover the history of carnival as well as its relationship with multiculturalism.
The Open University also has a whole study unit on the Olympics, which explores how the meanings invested in the Olympics has changed over time and includes a section on the 2012 games. Click here to access the study guide.
Celebrity
*Click here to read an interview about how our obsession with celebrity is changing the way we see politics.
*The dangers of reality television are discussed here - click to read it - by Shiv Malik.
*Read about the history of celebrity here.
Consumer
*Here's an interesting article from The Guardian exploring the links between consumerism and last summer's riots - click here to read it.
*And here's another about 'collaborative consumerism' - click here to read it.
*Consumerism has replaced patriotism and religion, argues Madeleine Bunting in this article - click here to read it.
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