Abstract

This work is part of a larger qualitative and exploratory study that investigated the legacies of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PG) in Brazil. We conducted in-depth open interviews with 24 disability rights activists and people in Paralympic sport managerial positions. The goal of this paper is to explore one of the main perceived legacies: inspiration. For the participants, the PG were inspiring for disabled people (DP) because they showed the capabilities of DP, revealed new possibilities for their lives, and motivated them to engage in or remain engaged in sports. They were also inspiring for non-disabled people (NDP) because the examples of athletes ‘overcoming’ their impairments and related environmental and social barriers, motivated people to reconsider their own reality. While some participants criticised hero/super-hero narratives, most argued that these narratives are also common regarding NDP and that DP should not be treated differently. For them, these narratives still have some positive potential.

摘要

这项工作是一项更大的定性和探索性研究的一部分，该研究调查了巴西 2016 年里约残奥会 (PG) 的遗产。我们对 24 位残疾人权利活动家和残奥会体育管理职位的人士进行了深入的公开采访。本文的目的是探索主要的感知遗产之一：灵感。对于参与者来说，PG 对残疾人 (DP) 是鼓舞人心的，因为他们展示了 DP 的能力，揭示了他们生活的新可能性，并激励他们从事或继续从事体育运动。它们也鼓舞了非残疾人士 (NDP)，因为运动员“克服”他们的障碍以及相关的环境和社会障碍的例子促使人们重新考虑自己的现实。虽然一些参与者批评英雄/超级英雄的叙事，大多数人认为，这些关于 NDP 的叙述也很常见，不应区别对待 DP。对他们来说，这些叙述仍然具有一些积极的潜力。