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Regional Dimensions of Global Games: The Case of Sports Mega events in Tatarstan

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Abstract

This chapter addresses practices of preparation for and hosting of sports mega events in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, the study of which is conceptualized within a post-structuralist framework with particular emphasis on post-political—including performative—components of identity building. Based on the Universiade 2013, the XXVII Summer World Student Games held in Kazan, the author scrutinizes how Tatarstan, one of the most self-minded, culturally distinctive and peculiar regions within Russia, finds a balance between integration into nationwide agenda and promotion of its own sub-national identity through major tournaments and championships.

Keywords

  • Urban Space
  • Federal Centre
  • Hegemonic Discourse
  • Opening Ceremony
  • National Narrative

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This work was funded by the Russian Foundation for Humanities under grant ‘Development of cultural multiethnic urban environment under regional ‘event’ policy (the case of the Universiade—2013 in Kazan)’, Project No. 13-03-00411.

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Yatsyk, A. (2016). Regional Dimensions of Global Games: The Case of Sports Mega events in Tatarstan. In: Makarychev, A., Yatsyk, A. (eds) Mega Events in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Mega Event Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49095-7_9

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