Public Transport, Citizenship, and Politics: Mega-Events and ‘Globatization’ in Rio de Janeiro

Authors

  • Lenin Pires Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil

Keywords:

conflict, public transport, circulation, gentrification, globatization

Abstract

The paper reflects upon the relationship between public transport and citizenship in a context of urban transformation motivated by the promotion of major events in Rio de Janeiro. Based on ethnographies carried out in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, it analyzes perceptions on the use of public transport and what they reveal about the statuses of its users and the organization of society. It argues that experiences with the transit system in Rio de Janeiro represent specific ways of projecting oneself in time and space, resulting in a relatively subordinate combination of political and social values such as equality and freedom

Author Biography

Lenin Pires, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil

Professor do Departamento de Segurança Pública (DSP), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia (PPGA), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Direito (PPGSD) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Justiça e Segurança (PPGJS), todos da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, Niterói, Brasil). Dirige o Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administração de Conflitos (InEAC) da UFF, quadriênio 2017-2021. Possui doutorado e mestrado pelo PPGA da UFF e graduação em ciências sociais pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

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Published

2019-07-23

Issue

Especial 3 - 'Passagens de Fronteiras e Cidades Seguras’

Section

Articles

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