About this Research Topic
As global interest in sports events continues to grow, their role in cultural preservation and promotion is becoming increasingly prominent. This burgeoning recognition is not merely confined to the economic and entertainment value of sports events but extends into their potential to act as catalysts for the preservation and celebration of urban intangible cultural heritage. Sports events, often seen as mere athletic competitions, provide a unique platform for showcasing and revitalizing cultural practices, traditions, and communal identities that might otherwise fade into obscurity. In urban settings, where globalization and modernization exert tremendous pressure on traditional cultural expressions, sports events can serve as a dynamic arena for the reintegration of these cultural elements into the contemporary social fabric. The intersection of sports events and urban intangible cultural heritage highlights a multifaceted relationship where sports act as both a medium and a promoter of cultural continuity. This interaction underscores the importance of integrating cultural preservation strategies within the planning and execution of sports events, ensuring that these events contribute meaningfully to the safeguarding and dissemination of cultural heritage in urban environments.
This research topic aims to explore the significant relationship between major sports events and both urban and intangible cultural heritage, focusing on their role in preserving, inheriting, and innovating cultural heritage. It seeks to reveal how sports events can act as a driving force in protecting and showcasing urban cultural heritage, enhancing public cultural awareness and identity, and contributing to sustainable urban development and cultural innovation. Additionally, this research will examine how the legacy of sports events, such as venues and organizational experiences, can be transformed into assets for long-term urban development, and how these events can increase public attention to cultural heritage by enriching event content and enhancing audience experience.
To gather further insights into the intersection of sports events and urban intangible cultural heritage, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- The Interaction Mechanisms between Sports Events and Urban Cultural Heritage.
- Innovative Presentation and Application of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sports Events, such as the integration of Hangzhou's silk production, tea culture, traditional music, and other intangible heritage elements with sports events.
- Sports Event Legacy and Sustainable Urban Development.
- Cross-Promotion Strategies between Sports and Cultural Heritage.
- Sports Events as New Pathways for Urban Cultural Innovation and Heritage.
This research topic aims to explore the significant relationship between major sports events and both urban and intangible cultural heritage, focusing on their role in preserving, inheriting, and innovating cultural heritage. It seeks to reveal how sports events can act as a driving force in protecting and showcasing urban cultural heritage, enhancing public cultural awareness and identity, and contributing to sustainable urban development and cultural innovation. Additionally, this research will examine how the legacy of sports events, such as venues and organizational experiences, can be transformed into assets for long-term urban development, and how these events can increase public attention to cultural heritage by enriching event content and enhancing audience experience.
To gather further insights into the intersection of sports events and urban intangible cultural heritage, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- The Interaction Mechanisms between Sports Events and Urban Cultural Heritage.
- Innovative Presentation and Application of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sports Events, such as the integration of Hangzhou's silk production, tea culture, traditional music, and other intangible heritage elements with sports events.
- Sports Event Legacy and Sustainable Urban Development.
- Cross-Promotion Strategies between Sports and Cultural Heritage.
- Sports Events as New Pathways for Urban Cultural Innovation and Heritage.
Keywords: Sports events, urban heritage, cultural preservation
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