Events and Society

Events and Society

Bridging Theory and Practice

Duignan, Mike

Taylor & Francis Ltd

03/2025

218

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9781032786216

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'Introduction. Introduction. Section 1. Transforming People. 1. How Festival Encounters Tranform Lives and Landscapes - and Why We Should Care. 2. City Festivals and Social Connection: Post-Plague Lessons from 17th-Century Naples. 3. London 2012: Did it Inspire a Generation? 4. What Did London 2012 Mean for the Paralympics and the Lives of People with Disabilities? 5. Has London 2012 Volunteering Programme Engendered a Sustainable and Wider Volunteering Legacy in the UK? 6. A Critical Review of the Paralympic Games' Potential to Increase Disabled People's Sport Participation. 7. How Does Hosting the Olympics Benefit Local Communities? An Examination of Tokyo 2020. Section 2. Transforming Places. 8. Does Carnival Still Come First in Rio Even When the Olympics Comes to Town? 9. Creating Queer Spaces: Small-Town Prides Grow in Numbers and Popularity. 10. Olympics for Whom? Winners and Losers of Mega-events. 11. Who Benefits when a City Hosts the World Cup? 12. How Hosting the Olympics can Lead to Displacement. 13. Marginalisation, Displacement, and Exclusion in Montreal's Cultural Economy. Section 3. Transforming Experiences. 14. The Roar of the Crowd: How Fans Create Electric Atmospheres. 15. Could Virtual Reality Change Gigs Forever? 16. Looking Beyond the Screen: Smartphone Effects on Festival Engagement. 17. The Need for Live Event Security Risk Management Practices in a Post-COVID-19 World. 18. Strategies for Event Managers to Safeguard Against Deadly Crowds. Section 4. Transforming Identity and Perspectives. 19. Black Pete: An Annual Tradition or a National Embarrassment? 20. Contradictions and Complexities: The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, LGBT Tourism Events and Social Reform. 21. Events and Social Media: The #Euro2020 Online Firestorm. 22. #genderequalOlympics? Critical Analysis of Gender Equality and the Olympic Games as a Major Multi-sport Event. 23. Staging the African Renaissance at Africa's First Black Cultural Festival. 24. Transformative Events: A Migrant Narrative of Identity and Belonging at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 25. Chale, Let's Go: The Case of Chale Wote Street Art Festival. Section 5: Transforming our Environment. 26. Glastonbury and Climate Change: How the World's Most Iconic Music Festival Puts the Spotlight on Climate Challenges and Solutions. 27. Concerns about the Social Implications of Sporting Events in Natural Areas. 28. The Good the Bad and the Noisy: The Paradox(s) Created by Motorised Events in Green Spaces. 29. London 2012: What the Olympic Games' Legacy of Sustainability Means for Events Today. 30. March Madness and Environmental Impacts of Sport Events. Conclusion and Recommendations.
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social impacts of events;representation;sustainable development goals;SDGs;safety at events;activism;security at events;identity;gender and events;community development