Abstract
This paper proposes a tripartite framework of transportation, transformation and translation to conceptualise the circulation, mutation and impacts of mobile policies as translocal, socio-material networks. Drawing on material from semi-structured interviews, participant observation and documents it considers the value of this framework by examining the mobility of the sustainability agenda of the Winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi, Russia. The paper shows how sustainability policies were packaged and mobilised to flow to Russia (transportation), how ineffective governance arrangements, a lack of institutional controls and time pressure altered them (transformation) and how the results fell far short of initial bid commitments (translation). As such, it sheds light onto the multiple immobilities and mutations that come with the attempts to mobilise policies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-209 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | European Urban and Regional Studies |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 7 Feb 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- mega-event, Sochi 2014, sustainability