Week 13

Question 1

• Challenges of Sports Mega-events for Host Nations in the Global South

Answer 1

• Commercial and political implications
  
  • Profitability for organizations like the IOC and FIFA must be assured, in addition to spectator comfort and safety.
  • Enhancing national profile and attempting to overcome the stigma of “underdevelopment”.

Question 2

• The Olympics and the Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Answer 2

• The Olympics presented an “image issue” for Rio, due to the presence of 750 favelas.
  
  • Strategies used to address the favelas:
    
    • Invisibilization: Erecting walls to create visual barriers and using media to visually erase communities
    • Pacification: Improving security and creating conditions for future development by deploying police to remove members of drug gangs.
    • Beautification: Improving quality of life and local living conditions, sometimes resulting in demolition of houses.