It’s time to finally put art on the Olympic map, prove the sceptics wrong, and renew and advance some of the more tired aspects of the Games staging process.
Articles on Rio de Janeiro
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Against the odds, Rio scores soft-power points with memorable show at Maracanã stadium.
An architect rides through the streets of Rio amidst a cacophony of drills and jackhammers. He wonders: Is it worth it? What will the legacy of all this construction be?
The Olympics may give Brazilians a respite from their perfect storm of recession, corruption and political dysfunction, but it won’t last long.
New York, Berlin and Paris have all suffered some ill effects from online rental platforms – without proper regulations, Rio could follow.
Like Brazil’s favela dwellers, America’s working poor felt a sense of pride and community in their shantytowns – and desperately resisted the powerful interests that sought to demolish them.
The 2016 Olympic Games is an invitation to a city known for partying more than anything else.
With the one-city format no longer viable, an Olympics expert proposes a radical new vision for the format of the Olympic Games. It actually makes a lot of sense.
Academics have sent an open letter to the World Health Organisation calling for the Olympics to be postponed or moved because of the Zika threat. They’re overreacting.
Australia’s Smart Cities Plan largely conveys a limited role for people: they live, work and consume. This neglects the rich body of work calling for better human engagement in smart cities.
With an ongoing impeachment process and a deep economic recession, the host nation is on thin ice ahead of one of the world’s largest sporting mega-events.
Why we should stop panicking about whether the Olympic venues will be ready and start thinking about the long-term impacts of construction.
Hosting a mega-event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - and now some cities are starting to say ‘no’.
Mega sports event promoters use the term ‘legacy’ extensively to justify the amount of – mostly public – money involved in the bid and execution of such events.
The First Fleet had three layovers on its voyage to Australia – one was Rio de Janeiro. As Australia and Brazil celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations, it’s worth remembering this encounter.
Some theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection. The reality is a little more complicated.
With final preparations now underway for next week’s annual Rio de Janeiro carnival, and as the hype builds for this year’s FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, it’s almost inevitable images…
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Political Science, University of Florida
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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Criminal Science Professor and Researcher on Crime Prevention and Human Rights, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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