Billy Graeff
Biographic Data
| ID | 292946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Billy Graeff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Billy |
| FAMILY NAME | Graeff |
| SIGNATURE | GRAEFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8114-7829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Building an organizational culture for critical pedagogy in sport-for-development to challenge elitist sport in Brazil
Many sport-for-development and peace (SDP) organizations involve the use of pedagogical practices to achieve social aims, including educational outcomes. However, there have been consistent critiques of SDP organizations utilizing didactic pedagogical approaches combined with pre-packaged curriculum – sometimes developed by Global North actors – for implementation of programs. In more recent years, several studies have illustrated the importance …
Media’s role in (un)covering organised match-fixing in Brazil
In this article, we address the subject of the recent appearance and exponential and uncontrollable growth that betting had in the Brazilian sports context, alongside numerous changes in the country’s legislation system. Against the backdrop of this growth, we explore the Operation Penalty Kick organised match-fixing scandal, which unravelled in the country, as the media detailed it. Using media sources and field notes from two actors immersed in…
Sharing gifts
This article analyses the relationship between athletes and former athletes, as well as initiatives related to Sport for Development and Peace programs. To do so, an approach to the referred field is initially presented, along with some peculiarities of the sector in Brazil. The research question guiding this study is: Why and how do athletes and former athletes invest time, material and symbolic resources in sports social projects? The methodolo…
Global sport mega-events and local community impacts
From local fields to global spectacles
This article brings together key insights from Billy Graeff, Brendan Hokowhitu, and Holly Thorpe to critically examine the relationship between sport and the Anthropocene. Together, each writer explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by environmental transformations, raising questions about its role in the accelerating ecological crisis. They discuss the need to rethink the Anthropocene through interdisciplinary perspectives, such as, femini…
Routledge Handbook of the Global South in Sport for Development and Peace
A quest for legitimacy? An exploratory study of the new meanings of sports and physical activity in contemporary Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Kingdom is currently undergoing significant socio-cultural changes, primarily driven by Vision 2030, a strategic document outlining the nation's future development. This initiative includes efforts to enhance sports participation and physical activity levels across various sectors of the country. This paper represents one of the first attempts to understand the effects of the Vision on domestic sports/physical activities policy …
What Will We Do? The Action Plan From a Brazilian Professional Football Club Youth Academy Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic
In 2020, the world was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains a major challenge for most countries today. In Brazil, football clubs' youth academies have faced a disruption of their regular activities. In order to study how the learning cultures of a Brazilian professional football club youth academy have been changed, and the alternatives created by the club's staff within this context, this perspective article aims to analyze how they…
If things go South
The past few decades have seen an increase of sport mega events (SMEs) held outside the Global North. This tendency has been accompanied by a growing public expenditure in these events. This paper employs selected Global South SMEs to discuss this trend. By critically analysing public documents, biddings and reports, the study traces comparisons between 21st-century Global South and Global North SMEs expenditures, in the revenue of franchise owne…
The Impact of a Sport Mega Event in the Right to Access Public Education
This article addresses key issues of sport mega events' social and educational legacies. The rhetoric of the 'legacy' of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different countries and cities to influence their decision whether to host or not this type of event. Visible and also intangible effects are often cited as part of the 'legacy' packaged to convince host citizens to adhere to the events. In the past few decades, several s…
The closer to danger, farther from harm? The impact of sport mega events in communities affected by infrastructure associated with the Fifa World Cup 2014 in Porto Alegre
Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South
What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues, exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature. This book explores the socioeconomic impact of these events on host countries in the Global South. Drawing on a thoroug…
Capable, splendorous and unequal
This article examines how Brazil was perceived internationally during the 2014 World Cup (2014WC), for which one of Brazil’s perceived objectives was to enhance its international image to play a more significant role on the world stage. Nine media outlets’ coverage of the 2014WC was analysed using the website Alexa. These outlets published 699 articles about diverse themes relating to Brazilian society. The outlets studied considered the event a …
Atividade física e jogos olímpicos
a demonstrar uma expectativa crescente de que o evento deixasse um legado social positivo para a comunidade que o recebe
Capable, splendorous and unequal
This article examines how Brazil was perceived internationally during the 2014 World Cup (2014WC), for which one of Brazil’s perceived objectives was to enhance its international image to play a more significant role on the world stage. Nine media outlets’ coverage of the 2014WC was analysed using the website Alexa. These outlets published 699 articles about diverse themes relating to Brazilian society. The outlets studied considered the event a …
If things go South
The past few decades have seen an increase of sport mega events (SMEs) held outside the Global North. This tendency has been accompanied by a growing public expenditure in these events. This paper employs selected Global South SMEs to discuss this trend. By critically analysing public documents, biddings and reports, the study traces comparisons between 21st-century Global South and Global North SMEs expenditures, in the revenue of franchise owne…
The Impact of a Sport Mega Event in the Right to Access Public Education
This article addresses key issues of sport mega events' social and educational legacies. The rhetoric of the 'legacy' of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different countries and cities to influence their decision whether to host or not this type of event. Visible and also intangible effects are often cited as part of the 'legacy' packaged to convince host citizens to adhere to the events. In the past few decades, several s…
A quest for legitimacy? An exploratory study of the new meanings of sports and physical activity in contemporary Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Kingdom is currently undergoing significant socio-cultural changes, primarily driven by Vision 2030, a strategic document outlining the nation's future development. This initiative includes efforts to enhance sports participation and physical activity levels across various sectors of the country. This paper represents one of the first attempts to understand the effects of the Vision on domestic sports/physical activities policy …
What Will We Do? The Action Plan From a Brazilian Professional Football Club Youth Academy Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic
In 2020, the world was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains a major challenge for most countries today. In Brazil, football clubs' youth academies have faced a disruption of their regular activities. In order to study how the learning cultures of a Brazilian professional football club youth academy have been changed, and the alternatives created by the club's staff within this context, this perspective article aims to analyze how they…
Atividade física e jogos olímpicos
a demonstrar uma expectativa crescente de que o evento deixasse um legado social positivo para a comunidade que o recebe
Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South
What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues, exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature. This book explores the socioeconomic impact of these events on host countries in the Global South. Drawing on a thoroug…
Capable, splendorous and unequal
This article examines how Brazil was perceived internationally during the 2014 World Cup (2014WC), for which one of Brazil’s perceived objectives was to enhance its international image to play a more significant role on the world stage. Nine media outlets’ coverage of the 2014WC was analysed using the website Alexa. These outlets published 699 articles about diverse themes relating to Brazilian society. The outlets studied considered the event a …
The closer to danger, farther from harm? The impact of sport mega events in communities affected by infrastructure associated with the Fifa World Cup 2014 in Porto Alegre
What Will We Do? The Action Plan From a Brazilian Professional Football Club Youth Academy Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic
In 2020, the world was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains a major challenge for most countries today. In Brazil, football clubs' youth academies have faced a disruption of their regular activities. In order to study how the learning cultures of a Brazilian professional football club youth academy have been changed, and the alternatives created by the club's staff within this context, this perspective article aims to analyze how they…
If things go South
The past few decades have seen an increase of sport mega events (SMEs) held outside the Global North. This tendency has been accompanied by a growing public expenditure in these events. This paper employs selected Global South SMEs to discuss this trend. By critically analysing public documents, biddings and reports, the study traces comparisons between 21st-century Global South and Global North SMEs expenditures, in the revenue of franchise owne…
The Impact of a Sport Mega Event in the Right to Access Public Education
This article addresses key issues of sport mega events' social and educational legacies. The rhetoric of the 'legacy' of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different countries and cities to influence their decision whether to host or not this type of event. Visible and also intangible effects are often cited as part of the 'legacy' packaged to convince host citizens to adhere to the events. In the past few decades, several s…
Routledge Handbook of the Global South in Sport for Development and Peace
A quest for legitimacy? An exploratory study of the new meanings of sports and physical activity in contemporary Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Kingdom is currently undergoing significant socio-cultural changes, primarily driven by Vision 2030, a strategic document outlining the nation's future development. This initiative includes efforts to enhance sports participation and physical activity levels across various sectors of the country. This paper represents one of the first attempts to understand the effects of the Vision on domestic sports/physical activities policy …
Media’s role in (un)covering organised match-fixing in Brazil
In this article, we address the subject of the recent appearance and exponential and uncontrollable growth that betting had in the Brazilian sports context, alongside numerous changes in the country’s legislation system. Against the backdrop of this growth, we explore the Operation Penalty Kick organised match-fixing scandal, which unravelled in the country, as the media detailed it. Using media sources and field notes from two actors immersed in…
Sharing gifts
This article analyses the relationship between athletes and former athletes, as well as initiatives related to Sport for Development and Peace programs. To do so, an approach to the referred field is initially presented, along with some peculiarities of the sector in Brazil. The research question guiding this study is: Why and how do athletes and former athletes invest time, material and symbolic resources in sports social projects? The methodolo…
Global sport mega-events and local community impacts
From local fields to global spectacles
This article brings together key insights from Billy Graeff, Brendan Hokowhitu, and Holly Thorpe to critically examine the relationship between sport and the Anthropocene. Together, each writer explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by environmental transformations, raising questions about its role in the accelerating ecological crisis. They discuss the need to rethink the Anthropocene through interdisciplinary perspectives, such as, femini…
Building an organizational culture for critical pedagogy in sport-for-development to challenge elitist sport in Brazil
Many sport-for-development and peace (SDP) organizations involve the use of pedagogical practices to achieve social aims, including educational outcomes. However, there have been consistent critiques of SDP organizations utilizing didactic pedagogical approaches combined with pre-packaged curriculum – sometimes developed by Global North actors – for implementation of programs. In more recent years, several studies have illustrated the importance …
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Mega (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Physical Education and Sports Studies (4 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (3 works) · Art (3 works)