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SUMMARY:CGHR Salon: Human Rights Violations and the 2016 Rio Olympics - Ce
 rianne Robertson\, MPhil Candidate\, Department of Sociology
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CONTACT:Nikta Daijavad
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Thursday 27 April for our first CGHR salon of Eas
 ter Term\, led by Cerianne Robertson\, an MPhil candidate in the Departmen
 t of Sociology.\n\nBeginning in 2012\, activists in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazi
 l published annual dossiers of human rights violations linked to the city
 ’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics. Cerianne’s research examines th
 e opportunities\, challenges\, and strategies related to these activists
 ’ efforts to use the Olympic ‘media event’ to challenge government a
 nd IOC claims that the ‘Olympic project’ was transforming the city for
  the better. In particular\, this research explores activist understanding
 s of the values of documentation and critical narratives.\n\nRecommended R
 eading:\nIntroduction (pages 7-10) of the 2015 human rights violations dos
 sier: http://www.childrenwin.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DossieComiteRi
 o2015_ENG_web_ok_low.pdf
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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