Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2016

Defining new horizons? Workers’ sport in post-1918 Strasbourg

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When the First World War came to an end, the region of Alsace switched from Germany to France. This broughtsignificant changes in the life of the people living in this border area and also affected the local sports movement. As part of a large research project conducted at the University of Strasbourg on post-war sport in the Alsatian capital, this paper will question how the workers’ sport movement adapted to the new situation. The presentation will raise the question of the identity of the workers’ sports movement in Strasbourg, which was founded at a time when the city belonged to Germany.The sources used are mainly printed papers and archives from the workers organisations. The paper will show that the change in national belonging did not fundamentally modifythe aims and activities of the local workers’ sport movement. Indeed, the post-1918 workers’ sportsmovement did not reject its German rootsat all. However, its reference to Germany was not national but cultural.Turnen, outdoor activities,sports and music went hand in hand and were part of a general education process that was meant to improve the workers’ lives. The socialist horizon of the Strasbourg sports movement was of German inspiration and expression, but of international outlook. In questioning the local identity of an international sport movement, this paper illustrates the multiscale dimension of sport.

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hal-02614500 , version 1 (20-05-2020)

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Daphné Bolz, Lise Cardin, Tony Froissart. Defining new horizons? Workers’ sport in post-1918 Strasbourg. 17th ISHPES Congres, 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02614500⟩
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