Michel Nicolau

Michel Nicolau (mnicolau@unicamp.br) is Professor of Sociology at UNICAMP, Brazil. As Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow, Michel was a Visiting Fellow (December 2016 – March 2017) at the Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Michel Nicolau (mnicolau@unicamp.br) es profesor de Sociología en la UNICAMP, Brasil. Como investigador de la Fundación de Estudios Urbanísticos, es actualmente investigador visitante del Departamento de Geografía y Medioambiente en la London School of Economics and Political Science.

Os Jogos Olímpicos do Rio e a injustiça socio-espacial

Os Jogos Olímpicos revelaram as profundas contradições socioeconómicas e políticas do Brasil, e ajudaram a legitimar um discurso segundo o qual é licito transferir recursos desde os interesses públicos aos privados. English Español

By Hyun Bang Shin and Michel Nicolau

/ 7 Mar 2017

The Rio Olympic Games and Socio-spatial Injustice

Rio helped to legitimate a discourse that states that in during extraordinary circumstances, it is fair to make huge transfers of wealth from public to private interests, from lower to upper classes, from the poor to the rich. Português Español

By Hyun Bang Shin and Michel Nicolau

/ 7 Mar 2017

Los Juegos Olímpicos de Río y la injusticia socio-espacial

¿Es lícito transferir recursos de los intereses públicos a los privados? Los Juegos Olímpicos desvelaron las profundas contradicciones socioeconómicas y políticas de Brasil y ayudaron a legitimar esa transferencia de recursos. Português English

por Hyun Bang Shin y Michel Nicolau

/ 7 Mar 2017