Abstract
Scholars and practitioners have long been analyzing and evaluating the way events, particularly mega events, serve as a mechanism of change. Powerful descriptions are typically brought to life via event impact and legacy case studies: yet, I argue such work can remain atheoretical or conceptually disorganized. I draw on Bourdieu's field theory and the management study of Field Configuring Events to develop a new analytical framework: the "Cognitive and Relational Mapping of Field Configuring Events"-offering a set of interrelated concepts to strengthen analysis and conceptual consistency between studies, while providing latitude to overlay different disciplinary perspectives. 1 detail methodological and conceptual advantages afforded alongside six ways the framework could be applied and extended across various cases and contexts.