Occupy All Streets: Olympic Urbanism and Contested Futures in Rio de Janeiro

Bruno Carvalho; Mariana Cavalcanti; Vyjayanthi Rao Venuturupalli

ISBN 10: 0996004173 / ISBN 13: 9780996004176

Published by Terreform, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Occupy All Streets: Olympic Urbanism and Contested Futures in Rio de Janeiro
• Publisher: Terreform
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996004173
• ISBN 13: 9780996004176
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 413 grams

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Synopsis

Occupy All Olympic Urbanism and Contested Futures in Rio de Janeiro analyzes the implications of the mega-projects that are part of the comprehensive transformation of Rio de Janeiro, for the 2016 Olympic Games. Contributions from literary critics, historians, anthropologists, architects, media theorists, geographers and urban planners tell the story of how these changes to the cityscape have kindled citizens’ hopes and aspirations for their “right to a future” and chronicle the ways in which citizens have contested the futures being imposed on them. Anticipating the city yet to come, these essays also point to the potential for activism and protest to transform the Olympic legacy into different, more democratic, futures. While focused on Rio, Occupy All Streets offers critical insights for other cities experiencing wide-ranging challenges and facing far-reaching urban reforms. UR09 Occupy All Olympic Urbanism and Contested Futures in Rio de Janeiro Bruno Carvalho, Mariana Cavalcanti and Vyjayanthi Rao Venuturupalli Bruno Carvalho, Mariana Cavalcanti with Julia O’Donnell and Lilian Sampaio, Gabriel Duarte with Renata Bertol, Beatriz Jaguaribe with Scott Salmon, Guilherme Lassance, Bryan McCann, Theresa Williamson, and Vyjayanthi Rao Venuturupalli Through punchy prose and superb visual material, its contributors expose the myths that sustain mega-event urbanism; draw out the deep histories of branding Rio as an aesthetically exceptional city; and, most important of all, explore the possibilities that exist for organizing megacities more justly." Stephen Graham, Professor of Cities and Society, Newcastle University