Political protest sites double as mundane public gathering spaces.

Evidence

I watched the semifinal match, Brazil against Germany, on July 8 in downtown São Paulo. I stood outside among a giant crowd, in front of a giant screen, in the same concrete Anhagabaú valley where Piero Locatelli was arrested for possession of vinegar a year earlier. Neymar, the scraggly young star from São Paulo state, was out with an injury, but the fans were undaunted. The nation was fully committed to victory. Brazil had won five World Cups in its history, more than anyone else, and this was home turf. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 536

Categorization

• XREF: The Anhangabaú valley grounding — a site of prior political arrest now hosting a football watch party — dramatizes how the geography of dissent overlaps ordinary life, a theme from the broader book. — connects to: Everyday informal spaces set the stage for larger political shifts. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 230