Sport, international development, and community (re)generation: the case of cricket communities in India

This research projects investigates the partnership between two British-based organizations: a real-estate investment company, Anglo Indian; and the Marylebone Cricket Club/Lord’s Cricket Ground (MCC/Lord’s), a prominent global cricketing organization. The partnership emerged from a plan to co-create twelve branded ‘planned communities’ in India. The goal of this study is to examine how the first community in Pune is produced by public and private actors, the role of sport as a tool for development in this context, how the community is experienced by those living and working within its boundaries, and the intended and unintended consequences of this development for those included and excluded from its spaces. The hope is that this project would help inspire balanced thinking about the role of sport in development and globalization, especially in the Global South.

Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Wilson

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Partner:

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Discipline:

Sociology

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University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award