Sports urban intervention: an ethnographic study about the Rhizome group

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze alternative forms of sports actions performed by a group of youngsters who intend to counteract reductionist views of sport related to contemporary capitalism and, in this way, present their critical view of system through sports urban intervention. The research used as the qualitative methodology, an ethnographic case study, employed the following instruments of data collection: participant observation, individual and group interviews and document analysis. Since the sport provides us aesthetic possibilities in different dimensions, and not only the one consumable by the market, we can think of it as a cultural manifestation and that its uniqueness is not confined only in the sports entertainment industry.