From the text: An abandoned city, another one plagued by demonstrations fuelled by petro-dollars… nothing new really. Except that we are not talking about Detroit, the Greek crisis or the arrival of massive investments into our industries originating from the Gulf countries. No, today, the collective “Un Projet de Décroissance” (« A Degrowth Project« ) takes a look at sports. Sport that created the Olympic city of Sotchi that is already in ruins and ruined; sport which embarrasses Rio for the outrageously costly World Soccer Cup. Of course, it is soccer country but it is also favelas country; the sport also receives massive investments funds from the Gulf countries, as if money were the fuel of sport, leading it to its downfall. Sport is not a simple game anymore. It is far more, rather, far less. . . .
- By:
- Christophe Ondet, Vincent Liegey, Stéphane Madelaine, Anne-Isabelle Veillot, Thomas Avenel
- Publishers:
- A Degrowth Project, Reporterre.net
- Theme:
- society infrastructure commodification consumption market
- Entry type:
- Blog post
- Language:
- English, French
- Year of publication:
- 2014
- External content:
- To the content