Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics: A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification

Published by transcript Verlag 2019

Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics

A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification

Edited by: Veith Kilberth and Jürgen Schwier

In the series KörperKulturen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839447659

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About this book

The inclusion of skateboarding as an official discipline in the 2020 Olympic Games marks the pinnacle of a decades-long process of commercialization and sportification. Is the tightly-knit subculture in danger of losing its very identity?
This anthology creates an analytical framework for understanding the fundamental conflict between skateboarding's core ethos and the tenets of institutionalized sports. Eleven acclaimed international authors from the fields of architecture, philosophy, sociology, sports sciences and gender studies provide a unique perspective on the manifold manifestations of skateboarding previously ignored by academic discourse.

Author / Editor information

Veith Kilberth, born 1976, earned his sports sciences diploma from Universität zu Köln and received his doctorate at Europa-Universität Flensburg. Drawing on his experience as a former professional skateboarder, he is involved in the planning and realization of skatepark projects as a partner in the skateboard facility design office Landskate. His specialties include youth marketing, action sports, urban planning, skateboarding and skateparks.
Jürgen Schwier (Prof. Dr. phil.) is head of the department of sports science of Europa-Universität Flensburg. His research interests concern informal sports activities across childhood and youth, youth cultures in the field of sport, skateboard studies and sport, media and communication.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Quo vadis Skateboarding? Jürgen Schwier and Veith Kilberth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Skateboarding between Subculture and Olympic Games Jürgen Schwier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
From Stairs to Podium Skateboarding and the Olympics: Stages in a 50-Year Debate Eckehart Velten Schäfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
The Olympic Skateboarding Terrain between Subculture and Sportisation Veith Kilberth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Skatepark Worlds Constructing Communities and Building Lives Iain Borden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Can You Sell Out if You’ve Never Been in? The Olympics and Creating Spaces for Gender Inclusion in Skateboarding Becky Beal and Kristin Ebeling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
No Comply. The Resilience of Skateboarding Culture Sebastian Schweer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
The Role of Online Media Content in Skateboard Culture Katharina Bock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Sport Instead of Play From Skateboarding to the Sport of Competitive Skateboarding Antoine Cantin-Brault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Skateboarding in Pedagogical Production Tim Bindel and Niklas Pick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Lords of the Rings: Reasserting the Skateboarding Art at the Olympic Games Tait Colberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 212
Keywords: Skateboard; Youth Culture; Urban Space; Architecture; Recreational Space; Action Sports; Olympic Games; Culture Studies; Street; Park; D.I.Y.; Body; Culture; Sport Science; Sociology of Culture; Youth; Sport; Sociology

eBook

Published: August 27, 2019
ISBN: 9783839447659