To Whom It May Concern: Rethinking the Questions of ‘Whose Games? Whose City?’ Through Sensation, Affect and Involvement

Beschreibung

“We all need to think and discuss where we would like to 'land' in the future”, says architect Kuma Kengo in a CCN Interview regarding the Tokyo Olympic-Paralympic Games and their impact on the architectural landscape. While it
is widely agreed upon that the discourse about the aim and goal of host cities and the (long lasting or short falling) urban legacy of the Olympics is necessary, it is significantly more complicated to define who ‘we’ refers to. Who is legitimatized to decide about important and critical urban changes: Prime ministers, mayors, citizen, sponsors, real estate developers, or the IOC? Instead of discussing political or legal arguments this paper proposes to use concernedness as an indicator to identify the groups and individuals who should have a voice in the discussion about urban transformations as they are directly affected. By analyzing examples of the past and present Tokyo Olympic-
Paralympic Games (1964, 2021) this paper argues for an interdisciplinary evaluation of urban planning and decision making processes and the implementation of democratic yet realistic approaches to participative planning projects.

Zeitraum	7 Dez. 2021
Ereignistitel	Olympic Games and Global Cities: Jeux olympiques et villes globales
Veranstaltungstyp	Konferenz
Ort	Paris, FrankreichAuf Karte anzeigen
Bekanntheitsgrad	International