Future shock: mega-events in Rio de Janeiro

In preparation for the mega-events of 2014 and 2016, the city of Rio de Janeiro has been going through a permanent shock of agenda, characterised by important urban reengineering projects, population removal and favela (shanty town) pacification. This essay explores the Rio of (sports and other) meg...

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Published in:Leisure studies 2016-05, Vol.35 (3), p.352-368
Main Author: de La Barre, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
mega-events
population removal
Rio de Janeiro
UPPs (Pacification Police Units)
urban reengineering
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Summary:In preparation for the mega-events of 2014 and 2016, the city of Rio de Janeiro has been going through a permanent shock of agenda, characterised by important urban reengineering projects, population removal and favela (shanty town) pacification. This essay explores the Rio of (sports and other) mega-events and questions the place of the social, in a paradigm marked by futurism and by techno-culture that may be announcing a new political economy: the political economy of mega-events.
ISSN:0261-4367
1466-4496
DOI:10.1080/02614367.2014.994551