Rio 2016 Olympic Flame Guardians

Download or read book Rio 2016 Olympic Flame Guardians written by Luís Henrique Rolim Silva and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research aims to analyse the memories of the Rio 2016 Olympic Flame Guardians as immaterial heritage and sociocultural legacy of the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The so-called "Olympic Flame Guardians" were a group of men and women who had the "mission" of protect this Olympic symbol during the torch relay. Despite such important role there is a lack of studies about them. The study written sources are documents research at the Olympic Studies Centre. Based on the oral history method, all Rio 2016 Flame Guardians were interviewed. The research results indicate that the Guardian role got prominence with other nomenclatures since Los Angeles 1984; when the function was created to assist in the relay and display sponsor brands. The event impact on Rio 2016 Guardians was analysed in three categories: (1) personal, related to acquired self-knowledge; (2) social-cultural, related to the acquisition of knowledge of different social realities and regional cultures in the country; (3) technical, related to the skills acquired for the role. A conclusion reveals that the Rio 2016 Guardians was a unique opportunity to create "public value" as intangible legacy because of their lived moment during the relay and not by any legacy plan.