Our team member, Professor Philip Hubbard (Urban Studies, King’s College, London), recently gave a presentation at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality. He explained how the urban sex work market, and those involved in it, are shaped and affected by changes that occurred in the context of the World Football Cup (Rio de […]
We and our partners are proud to announce the launch of an exhibition that will debut artwork from women involved in sexual commerce during the 2016 mega-event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event will be hosted at the Municipal Art Center Hélio Oiticica from December 9th, 2017 to February 3rd, 2018 (see also, https://whatyoudontsee.hotglue.me). The launch of the exhibition will […]
The paper was part of a session on the London, Rio, Tokyo Olympics Symposium (8-10 June) at Goldsmiths University of London, which was exploring how the promise of legacy could be ameliorated and whether there are ways of holding mega-events which might bring real benefits to a broad spectrum of communities. As part of a session […]