STREETBALL IN THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the source and describe the scenario of streetball in Rio de Janeiro. The research is slightly ethnographic, and uses notes from field, fragments of discourses of the players. We found that streetball is played on the streets and squares of several neighborhoods of the city. We focused on the space of the Central Única das Favelas, in Madureira Viaduct, where players from different neighborhoods are gathered and the rules summarize and reinterpret the standards of other spaces where such type of basketball is played. Streetball is losing space to football projects.

Keywords: Ethnography. Game. Participation.