The ICA’s Section on Sport Archives (SPO) is pleased to invite the archives and records management community to #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, a series of online debates on archives and sport. Each session will involve the participation of ICA/SPO members and the chairs or members of ICA Sections, Expert Groups, Forums or Regional Branches. The aim is to learn how different organisations and professionals around the world are working to preserve, safeguard and disseminate sports archives worldwide.
Fina Solà Gasset, ICA/SPO Chair, offers the following summary of the upcoming online sessions:
We will start in January with SIO who will offer us some experiences on little-known documentation linked to sporting events held by some international organisations. In February it will be SUV, which will also be of great interest because we will discover experiences concerning sport archives that we can discover in university archives. We will continue with architecture archives, with municipal archives, with the Group of Experts in Photographic Archives, with the Latin American branch, and so on. All the best!
2024 will be a year in which the focus will be on the ICA/SPO and the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris! Indeed, this year marks the 20th anniversary of this section, which was founded during the ICA Congress in Vienna. The mission of the ICA/SPO is the preservation and safeguarding of sports archives worldwide. To achieve its goals, the Section organises seminars and workshops to increase information about sports archives, cooperates with institutions, sports research organisations and authorities, and disseminates information through publications and its own website.
#SPOontheSpot: Debates about Archives and Sports will be scheduled on Wednesdays at 16:00-17:00 CET (Paris time). See below for the latest schedule of upcoming virtual debates:
The ICA’s Section on Sport Archives (SPO) is pleased to invite the archives and records management community to #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, a series of online debates on archives and sport. The first session is scheduled for Wednesday 31 January 2024, and it will be dedicated to discussing the connection between sport archives and international organizations.
The ICA’s Section on Sport Archives (SPO) is pleased to invite the archives and records management community to the second #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, a series of online debates on archives and sport. This session is scheduled for Wednesday 28 February 2024, and it will be dedicated to addressing the following questions: Why are sports archives important for university archives? What are the most popular sports items in our collections? How have university sports archives been shared within the academic community?
The ICA’s Section on Sport Archives (SPO) is delighted to extend an invitation to the archives and records management community to join us for the third session of #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, a series of online debates focusing on archives and sport. This session will take place on Wednesday 24 April 2024 and will be dedicated to exploring the following questions in discussion with our guests (see below) from the Photographic and Audiovisual Archives Working Group (PAAG):
- What are the most important sports-related fonds/collections in your archive?
- Why do you think they are important?
- Are these images part of a textual collection? How are they related?
The ICA’s Section on Sport Archives (SPO) is delighted to extend an invitation to the archives and records management community to join us for the fourth session of #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, a series of online debates focusing on archives and sport. This session will take place on Wednesday 26 June 2024 and will be dedicated to exploring the following questions in discussion with our guests (see below) from the Section on Architectural Records (SAR):
- What kind of architectural archives hold documents related to sport and why?
- What is the documentary typology of these architectural documents on sport?
- How can these documents be disseminated so that more users are aware of them?
We invite you to participate in the fifth session of #SPOontheSpot: Debates on Archives and Sport, which will take place on Wednesday, 6 November 2024. Our special guest from the Research Network on the History of Women in Sport (RIHMUD) will share insights into the critical role of women in the historical and social development of sports.
The ICA Section on Sports Archives (SPO) invites you to the latest session in the #SPOontheSpot series, a collection of online discussions exploring the intersection of archives and sports. This final session, scheduled for 27 November, will focus on preserving and promoting sports-related archives, particularly within the ALA region (Association of Latin American Archivists).
The session will begin with an introduction to ICA/SPO, followed by a roundtable discussion where key questions will be asked to panelists on topics such as identifying sports archives, implementing best practices, and overcoming challenges in preserving these records. Additionally, the panel will discuss current barriers to raising awareness about the importance of sports archives within clubs, federations, and universities, as well as explore possible awareness strategies on sports-related topics such as human rights, health, and psychology. The session will conclude with a Q&A round and a space for sharing professional anecdotes in this field.
The session will be moderated by the Section’s Chair, Fina Solà. More information on the invited speakers can be found below. We look forward to your participation!
We hope you will join us to celebrate 20 years of ICA/SPO and to learn more about sport archives!
Questions?
If you have questions about this project, please email us at spo@ica.org.
