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Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification Veith Kilberth, Jürgen Schwier
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- KörperKulturen
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skateboarding.
- 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.
- Local Subjects:
- Skateboarding.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Kilberth/Schwier (eds.), Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2019
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- 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 is a professor of sport pedagogy and sport sociology at the Europa University Flensburg and co-leader of the master-programme »Leitung frühkindlicher Bildungseinrichtungen«. His research focus includes sports communication, youth (sub-)cultures and the development of alternative sports.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Quo vadis Skateboarding? 7 Skateboarding between Subculture and Olympic Games 15 From Stairs to Podium 35 The Olympic Skateboarding Terrain between Subculture and Sportisation 53 Skatepark Worlds 79 Can You Sell Out if You've Never Been in? 97 No Comply. The Resilience of Skateboarding Culture 117 The Role of Online Media Content in Skateboard Culture 137 Sport Instead of Play 157 Skateboarding in Pedagogical Production 177 Lords of the Rings: Reasserting the Skateboarding Art at the Olympic Games 191 Authors 209
- ISBN:
- 9783839447659
- 3839447658
- OCLC:
- 1114912511
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