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Author:   Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven, Belgium) ,  Christiane Timmerman (University of Antwerp, Belgium) ,  Johan Wets ,  Luana Gama Gato (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.450kg
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9781138217539

ISBN 10:   1138217530
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   07 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: exposing sports mega-events through a mobilities lens NOEL B. SALAZAR Setting the scene Mega-what? Images, imaginaries, imagineering Mega-mobilities (Im)mobile legacies Mega-events on the move 1 Pulling back the curtain: on mobility and labour migration in the production of mega-events THOMAS F. CARTER Preamble A question of mobility Class and labour migration Mobility as capital Conclusion 2 The production of the spectacle: conceptualising labour and global sports mega-events JOHN HORNE AND WOLFRAM MANZENREITER Introduction The growth of the sports mega-event spectacle Mega-event consultants and ‘know-how’ on the move Who works for/at mega-events? Conclusions 3 Olympic City Los Angeles: an exploration of the urban imaginary GREG ANDRANOVICH Introduction Urban landscape: movements, representations and practices Producing Olympic City Los Angeles Conclusion 4 Virtual mega-event imaginaries and worldmaking imperatives in Rio 2016 RODANTHI TZANELLI Worldmaking in Rio 2016, on/offline Digital imagineering Methodology and epistemology The digital network and Rio 2016’s imagineering Conclusion 5 Made in transit: mega-events and policy mobilities JOHN LAUERMANN Introduction Policy mobilities and economic geographies of knowledge Made in transit Technology protocols: from BIT’92 to smart mega-events Design guidelines: Look of the Games Technical standards: ISO 20121 Production through mobility Conclusion 6 The relay of mega-event activism: why global organising bodies need to be targeted JILL TIMMS Introduction The value of mega-events as a campaign platform Olympic ‘firsts’ and (partial) campaign successes at London 2012 Relaying the gains: the bar raised or battles repeated? Conclusion 7 Sport mega-events as mega-projects: interaction effects and local mobilities HARRY H. HILLER Framing and interaction: a symbolic interactionist perspective Mega-events as mega-projects: the Olympics as mega-project The Olympics as local mega-project: a mobilities perspective Mobility intrusion Perceptual or cognitive mobility Two cases: Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Conclusion 8 Leveraging the Olympic Games: universal and local imaginaries and mobilities VASSIL GIRGINOV Introduction The Olympic Games as a mega-event: evoking imaginaries and mobility on a mass scale Leveraging the Games: resources, interactions and roles Value co-creation as a form of mobility Conclusion 9 An agenda for future mega-event research SARAH VAN DEN BROUCKE, CHRISTIANE TIMMERMAN, ROBIN VANDEVOORDT AND LUANA GAMA GATO Introduction Imaginaries, media and mega-events Human rights and mega-events Labour mobilities and mega-events Gender and mega-events Conclusion Afterword : mobilities and mega-events: four challenges, one warning MARTIN MÜLLER Mobility and immobility in mega-events: two sides of the same coin Challenge 1: Why do certain people and things become mobile, while others do not? Challenge 2: What type of mobility for what kind of phenomenon? Challenge 3: Who benefits from mobility? Challenge 4: Only the Olympics, only now? Warning: What is mobility, and what is it not? Keep on moving!

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Noel B. Salazar is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Christiane Timmerman is Research Professor at the University of Antwerp and director of the Centre of Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS). Johan Wets is Research Manager Migration of HIVA, University of Leuven, Belgium. Luana Gama Gato is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Leuven. Sarah Van den Broucke is Research Associate at HIVA, University of Leuven. She specialises in international migration and policy research.

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