Tag: collective memory

This workshop aims to bring together specialists in memory studies and sports to question the assumption that attending a sporting event in common, from a soccer World Cup match to a marathon, creates memories that are themselves shared. Over the past twenty years, research on memory has focused mainly on so-called traumatic events and political violence. And they have largely left aside moments of jubilation and joy, notably sporting gatherings. Today, sport is a major collective event, but its place in the construction of collective memories has not yet given rise to numerous studies.