Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?

Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?

The intricate links between the Olympics and urban change have been theorised in diverse ways in critical urban studies, including readings of Olympic city-making in terms of enforcement of neoliberal entrepreneurial governance, gentrification through large-scale redevelopment projects, reproduction...

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Auteurs principaux: Vannuchi, Luanda, Criekingen, Mathieu Van
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שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: Journal of Urban Research 2015
נושאים:
Jeux Olympiques
réaménagements urbains
accumulation par dépossession
Rio de Janeiro
Olympics
city-making
Accumulation by dispossession
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Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:articulo_2813 https://doi.org/10.4000/articulo.2813 urn:doi:10.4000/articulo.2813 en https://journals.openedition.org/articulo/2813 2015-07-13T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a3v2 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession? Journal of Urban Research UrbanHub info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1661-4941 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/articulo Vannuchi, Luanda Criekingen, Mathieu Van Jeux Olympiques réaménagements urbains accumulation par dépossession Rio de Janeiro Olympics city-making Accumulation by dispossession Rio de Janeiro The intricate links between the Olympics and urban change have been theorised in diverse ways in critical urban studies, including readings of Olympic city-making in terms of enforcement of neoliberal entrepreneurial governance, gentrification through large-scale redevelopment projects, reproduction of growth-machine politics, and acquisition of symbolic capital through city branding politics. Following these points, we reflect in this paper on how the Olympics exacerbate wider trends in urban political economy under contemporary capitalism in the case of Rio 2016. We attempt to do so by turning to David Harvey’s (2003) conceptualisation of accumulation by dispossession. Our hypothesis is that this concept holds a sizeable heuristic value for making sense of the not-so-exceptional character of Olympic city-making in the present configuration of capitalism. Our findings confirm the relevance of Harvey’s elaboration on the empirical ground of sport mega-events but also outline limitations. Les liens complexes entre Jeux Olympiques et transformations urbaines ont été théorisés de diverses manières dans le champs des études urbaines critiques, en s’appuyant notamment sur les modèles de la gouvernance urbaine entrepreneuriale, des grands projets urbains porteurs de gentrification, des coalitions de croissance, ou encore des politiques symboliques et d’image de marque des territoires. Dans cette lignée, nous analysons dans cet article comment la préparation des Jeux Olympiques de Rio de Janeiro 2016 exacerbe des tendances structurantes de l’économie politique urbaine dans le cadre de la configuration contemporaine du capitalisme. Pour ce faire, nous nous appuyons sur le concept d’accumulation par dépossession introduit par David Harvey (2003). Notre hypothèse est que ce concept a une valeur heuristique pour les études urbaines dès lors qu’il permet de dépasser une lecture en terme d’exceptionnalité des réaménagements urbains réalisés à l’occasion de Jeux Olympiques. Nos résultats empiriques permettent de confirmer la pertinence du concept élaboré par Harvey, mais pointe quelques limites.
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topic Jeux Olympiques
réaménagements urbains
accumulation par dépossession
Rio de Janeiro
Olympics
city-making
Accumulation by dispossession
Rio de Janeiro
spellingShingle Jeux Olympiques
réaménagements urbains
accumulation par dépossession
Rio de Janeiro
Olympics
city-making
Accumulation by dispossession
Rio de Janeiro
Vannuchi, Luanda
Criekingen, Mathieu Van
Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
description The intricate links between the Olympics and urban change have been theorised in diverse ways in critical urban studies, including readings of Olympic city-making in terms of enforcement of neoliberal entrepreneurial governance, gentrification through large-scale redevelopment projects, reproduction of growth-machine politics, and acquisition of symbolic capital through city branding politics. Following these points, we reflect in this paper on how the Olympics exacerbate wider trends in urban political economy under contemporary capitalism in the case of Rio 2016. We attempt to do so by turning to David Harvey’s (2003) conceptualisation of accumulation by dispossession. Our hypothesis is that this concept holds a sizeable heuristic value for making sense of the not-so-exceptional character of Olympic city-making in the present configuration of capitalism. Our findings confirm the relevance of Harvey’s elaboration on the empirical ground of sport mega-events but also outline limitations.
author Vannuchi, Luanda
Criekingen, Mathieu Van
author_facet Vannuchi, Luanda
Criekingen, Mathieu Van
author_sort Vannuchi, Luanda
title Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
title_short Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
title_full Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
title_fullStr Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
title_full_unstemmed Transforming Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
title_sort transforming rio de janeiro for the olympics: another path to accumulation by dispossession?
publisher Journal of Urban Research
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