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Sport, Spectacle and Mega-Events

Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 15:30-17:20
Location: 205C (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC27 Sociology of Sport (host committee)

Language: English

Sports mega-events and global sport culture are structurally and experientially central to capitalist (post-) modernity. This session seeks to both assess this statement and explore other questions, including: What are the economic, political and social risks and benefits of hosting sports mega-events? What implications, if any, can be drawn from analyses of recent and forthcoming spectacular sports mega-events in the East and Global South for a broader understanding of changing relations of economic and political power on a global scale?  To what extent do mega-events intervene in systems of governance at the local, national and international levels? What do mega-events tell us about the significance or the effectiveness of various forms of popular resistance to global power networks?  What do mega-events tell us about the role of communications media in the early twenty first century political economy of global culture?

We encourage all participants to take up RC27 membership to benefit from priority in abstract selection, as well as networking opportunities through the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) eBulletin and annual conferences.

Session Organizer:
John HORNE, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Oral Presentations
(Re)Presenting, Embodying & Consuming Rio De Janeiro: Narratives of Nation and the 2016 Olympic Games
Amanda DE LISIO, Bournemouth University, Canada; Michael SILK, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom; Bárbara S. DE ALMEIDA, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Contested Global Mega-Events, Para-Sport and Social Values: London, Toronto and Singapore
Jill LE CLAIR, Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University, United Kingdom; Donna WONG, Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University, United Kingdom
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