Author: Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell
Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell , August 19th, 2016
A teary-eyed member of Fiji’s women’s rugby team raised the Fijian flag after the men’s rugby team won the Olympic gold medal. Viewers watched on a big-screen TV…
Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell , August 10th, 2016
In the 1980s, anthropologist John J. MacAloon argued that the real power of the Olympic Games lies in the unscripted, celebratory street festivals that erupt in public spaces….
Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell , August 4th, 2016
While many people get caught up in the nationalistic pageantry of the opening ceremony, the reality of the international sports world today is one of increasingly fluid citizenship…