The podcast Local Sports Policy invites the Sportimonium to reflect on how our sports past can influence our understanding of current and future approaches to sport. Tom Van Aken from Sportimonium talks about the collection, the preserved sports heritage, and future perspectives. Objects, photos, posters, and stories offer more than history; they show how sport was experienced in the past, its significance in people's lives, and how sport connected people.
Nico Claes from Team Herent adds how sports stories can create connection again today. This illustrates that sports heritage not only looks back at the past but also raises questions about the contemporary and future role of sport in our society.
The story of Ivo Van Damme serves as an example of how individual sports stories continue to resonate and form part of our collective sports memory. The exhibition De Levensloop about Ivo Van Damme can also be visited virtually.
Sports heritage helps us understand each other, discover what connects us today, and which stories we want to pass on to the next generation.
