Abstract
ABSTRACT Formerly a protected area, Mount Gariwang in South Korea was partially bulldozed and developed into an alpine ski venue for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, displacing local residents. I explore their responses to understand how mega-event-related environmental transformations and inequalities are experienced by differently situated stakeholders. Interviews with twelve local residents indicate that the ‘local response’ was anything but monolithic. Different perceptions about the development were entangled with individual relationships (geographical and metaphorical) to the mountain, and their views of the state, as well as understandings of what it means to be a ‘citizen,’ influenced by broader historical memories. Understanding different stakeholders’ experiences lends insight into how consenting to this development may have been unavoidable for some.
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