Overview
- Features previously unpublished illustrations and interviews with key industry insiders
- Draws attention to how skateboarding is connected to positive changes taking effect at local and global levels
- Accessibly written and grounded in ethnographic research
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the ‘ethical turn’ in skateboarding today. Insights shared by key change-makers and industry insiders cover themes including First Nations, Black and People of Color, skater-run creative innovations, anti-colonialism, anti-racism initiatives, and a growing focus on equity and empowering skaters historically discriminated against due to gender and/or sexuality. These dynamic changes are also connected to conceptual and theoretical frameworks from skate research, journalism, and sociology. This is a must-read for anyone interested in subcultures and social change.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Indigo Willing (she/her) has a PhD in Sociology from The University of Queensland and is a researcher at Griffith University, Australia. Her research areas include skateboarding, subcultures, social inclusion and belonging. Indigo is also a community volunteer with We Skate Australia, We Skate QLD and Consent is Rad.
Anthony Pappalardo (he/him) is a writer with BFA in printmaking. He has co-authored Radio Silence: A Visual History of American Hardcore Music (2008) with Nathan Nedorostek and Live… Suburbia! (2011) with Max G. Morton.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Skateboarding, Power and Change
Authors: Indigo Willing, Anthony Pappalardo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1234-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1233-9Published: 03 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-1234-6Published: 02 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 298
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sport Science , Sociology, general, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights