The Stadium and the City: Sports infrastructure in late imperial Ethiopia and beyond
| Autor: | Katrin Bromber |
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| Sprache: | Englisch; Spanisch; Französisch; Portugiesisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2016 |
| Quelle: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Online Zugang: |
http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2098 https://doaj.org/toc/1645-3794 1645-3794 doi:10.4000/cea.2098 https://doaj.org/article/eb035357d0e4404ba028f7a82f72c913 https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.2098 https://doaj.org/article/eb035357d0e4404ba028f7a82f72c913 |
| Erfassungsnummer: | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:eb035357d0e4404ba028f7a82f72c913 |
Zusammenfassung
The inauguration of the Haile Selassie I Stadium in Addis Ababa in 1947 marked the beginning of the construction of stadiums in Ethiopia. They became important signifiers of accelerated modernisation after the end of the Italian occupation (1935-1941). Quite similar to developments elsewhere, open fields were turned into formalised sport infrastructures. Already in the 1930s, stadiums had become essential elements of modern town planning in Ethiopia. Later, political officials, town planners and sport enthusiasts endowed them with specific meanings, involving ideas of progress, effective representation of political power and ‘useful’ recreation.