Expectations of urban upgrading projects in light of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro oscillated between hopeful prospects and pessimistic anticipation. The different opinions were clearly interwoven with stark socioeconomic inequalities and urban segregation. While authorities spread a celebratory narrative of improvements for the whole city, critics depicted a dystopian vision of spatial interventions that would violate the poor’s right to the city. We side with those critics who foresaw the uneven consequences of these sports mega‐events. Nevertheless, we also think that the experiences and narratives of poor residents themselves often get lost in such struggles. This photo essay provides insights into the displacement that took place against the backdrop of these mega‐events. In both text and images, it zooms in on the consequences of an urban development program that was carried out in the run‐up to the Olympics in two favelas bordering Rio’s affluent South Zone. It shows residents’ diverse ways of dealing with the intervention and its aftermath. It demonstrates how their displacement entailed decreased notions of collectivity, neighborliness, and security, and how it gave rise to new expectations, grievances, and claims on authorities.

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奥运遗产

根据2014年世界杯足球赛和2016年里约热内卢奥运会，对城市升级项目的期望在希望的前景和悲观的预期之间摇摆。不同的观点显然与明显的社会经济不平等和城市隔离交织在一起。尽管当局对整个城市进行了庆祝性的庆祝性叙述，但批评家们描绘了一种反乌托邦式的对空间干预的看法，这种干预会侵犯穷人的城市权利。我们与那些预见到这些体育盛事带来的不均衡后果的批评者并肩作战。然而，我们也认为，贫困居民自身的经历和叙述常常在这种斗争中迷失了方向。这篇照片文章提供了在这些大型事件背景下发生的流离失所的真知灼见。在文字和图片中，它放大了在奥运前夕在与里约富裕的南部地区接壤的两个贫民窟中进行的城市发展计划的后果。它显示了居民应对干预措施及其后果的多种方式。它说明了他们的流离失所如何导致集体意识，睦邻关系和安全观念的下降，以及它如何引起新的期望，不满和对权威的要求。