Prendre en charge l’après-violence
The new questions raised by environmental history have the potential to renew the historiography of cultural practices. This article explores this perspective by proposing avenues for an environmental reading of sports history. Revolutionary changes in transportation, media, and infrastructure made...
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2025
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | The new questions raised by environmental history have the potential to renew the historiography of cultural practices. This article explores this perspective by proposing avenues for an environmental reading of sports history. Revolutionary changes in transportation, media, and infrastructure made it possible for 20th century sporting events to reach a gigantic scale, leading to increasingly large ecological footprints. Thanks to advances in science and technology, the rise of international sporting competitions also brought about an unprecedented rationalization of athletic training in the name of optimizing performance. As a result, sports institutions have become global environmental actors, facing longstanding challenges and critiques. |
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