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Members of the group may be interested in the following conference being held at the British Library:
5 November 2012, British Library Conference Centre, 10.00 - 17.30
£25. Ticket price includes lunch and refreshments (there are limited number of free spaces available for students)
How do sporting mega events re-shape and re-define society? And to what end?
Join scholars, policy makers and the private sector to analyse and debate the role of sporting mega events in re-shaping and re-defining the societies that host them. The conference will focus, in particular, on the 2012 London Olympics and the upcoming 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic and Paralympics games taking place in Brazil. Both events in Brazil - combined with its current economic growth - will fix the world’s gaze on the region in the coming years. This focus on a single nation will give us an opportunity to raise critical questions about how sporting mega-events articulate with existing forms of social injustice and inequality – more likely to exacerbate than alleviate? At the same time, it gives us a chance to develop our understanding of the possibilities of such events to improve the quality of life for people living in the societies that host them. Our goal is that this conference will open up debate around the relationship between social change and mega events.
Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Kenneth Maxwell (Harvard University), Prof. Renato Emerson dos Santos (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Prof. João Costa Vargas (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Andy Miah (University of the West of Scotland), Dr. Timothy Power (Oxford University), Paul Docherty (Director UK 2012, British Council), Dr. Russell Seymour (Sustainability Manager for Marylebone Cricket Club).
Tickets are available via http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event134622.html
With kind regards,
Robert
Robert Davies
Engagement Support Officer, Social Sciences
The British Library
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