Events and Society

Bridging Theory and Practice

Mike Duignan

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Routledge
20 March 2025

Service industries

Series: Routledge How Events Transform Society series

Events of all shapes and sizes play an important part in all of our lives. They are fun, frivolous, and often allow us to escape from our everyday lives – and they are also fascinating to study and examine in a more serious way, to understand what they mean and what they do for us – individually and collectively. Events in Society, therefore, explores the social impact and sociological implications of designing, planning, and delivering events – cultural events like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; sporting events like the Olympic and Paralympic Games and FIFA World Cup; to music festivals like Glastonbury.

Thirty carefully selected contributions feature, written by global experts in a short and succinct way that are easy to digest, covering a variety of disciplines, fields, contexts, and cases. Every chapter explores a critical issue or debate based on real-life events, and contextualises this within the key theoretical debates, managerial, and policy implications. Throughout, there are linkages to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as well as interactive features to aid understanding and spur critical thinking, including learning objectives, quiz questions, and debate questions per chapter.

Some of the topics covered include:

Uniting nations and people Personal experiences and transformations Social critique and explorations Activism Programming and representation Health, safety, and security Identity and gender LGBTQ+ Environmentalism Displacement and exclusion Education and participation Community development Disability and accessibility

This innovative, topical, engaging, and comprehensive book is an essential reading and teaching resource for all students and lecturers in events that are easy to integrate into educational programmes.

Edited by: Mike Duignan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781032786209
ISBN 10: 1032786205
Series: Routledge How Events Transform Society series
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

'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.

Mike Duignan is a Professor at the Sorbonne, University of Paris 1, France, and the Director of Research, Intelligence, and Education at Trivandi, UK. Since 2021, Mike has been the Editor-in-Chief of the leading peer-reviewed journal for the study and analysis of events, Event Management Journal. Formerly, he was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, USA; the Director of the UK Olympic Studies Centre; and a Reader and Head of Department at the University of Surrey, UK.

Reviews for Events and Society: Bridging Theory and Practice

""This excellent collection of essays on diverse social issues pertaining to planned events is both timely and distinctive. The binding themes of events as transformative phenomena, within the frame of UN Sustainability Goals, shed light on critical topics including health, safety, equality, human rights and cultural identity. Students and practitioners will find the contributors' arguments to be thought-provoking and the practical implications highly relevant, while the quizzes are a valuable resource for teachers."" Donald Getz, Professor Emeritus, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada ""This timely collection offers a thought-provoking and insightful look at those wider societal issues that impact the design, delivery, and legacy of staging events. International, interdisciplinary, and underpinned by theory, individual chapters provide rigorous scrutiny of the staging of events and their intentional, and unexpected, outcomes. Readers will be energized and challenged by the material which will serve as a catalyst for the continued growth of the study of events."" Alan Fyall, PhD, Visit Orlando Endowed Chair of Tourism Marketing, University of Central Florida, USA ""The book titled Events and Society is presenting a holistic approach to understanding the world of all types of events focusing primarily on sport events such as the Olympic Games but also cultural events. The book’s four sections focusing on how events transform people, places, experiences, identities and the environment offers intriguing insights from experts in the field. A must-read for academics and professionals working in the event space!"" Kyriaki (Kiki) Kaplanidou, PhD, Professor and Director of Graduate Sport Event Management certificate, Graduate Coordinator, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida ""This extensive book provides rich insights into the transformational role of events in society. It analyses important but often undiscussed topics affecting events from a community, grassroots level to mega events. Original and thought-provoking areas such as loneliness; diversity; displacement; identity and belonging are part of the narrative and supported with engaging case studies. A compelling read for anyone interested in the sociological impacts of festivals and events!"" Dr Jane Ali-Knight, Professor in Festival and Event Management, The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland