Disorganised host event spaces: Revealing Rio’s fault lines at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Mike Duignan, David McGillivray

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    Abstract

    Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s (1987) theoretical framing of ‘striated’ and ‘smooth’
    spaces and ideas around states of exception, this paper investigates the extent to which
    the spatial organisation of Rio 2016 Olympic Games territorialised a number of targeted
    event and venue spaces across the host city. The paper unpacks, using on the ground indepth
    descriptive analysis, how Rio 2016’s main Games sites and ancillary event zones
    were spatially organised. It also explores the variegated implications of the Olympic
    Games spatial organisation for Rio’s host communities. Qualitative in its focus, in-depth
    insights are shared through the use of narrated observation and photo and video diaries
    captured in advance of, and during, the Rio Games. The paper finds that whilst the city
    of Rio and associated event spaces became controlled and striated in a variety of ways,
    they simultaneously emerged disorganised, somewhat chaotic, but in turn more open,
    fluid and ‘democratic’. The authors argue that host community, venue, and Last Mile
    spaces offered greater propensity for creative resistance, plurality of voice, and the
    affordance of alternative narratives.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    EventAssociation for Events Management Education Annual Conference 2017: Association of Event Management Education - Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Duration: 5 Jul 20177 Jul 2017
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    Conference

    ConferenceAssociation for Events Management Education Annual Conference 2017
    Abbreviated titleAEME
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityCardiff
    Period5/07/177/07/17
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