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Skateboarding and the City: From Margin to Centre (joint event with the City Seminar)

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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Noemi Tousignant .

In this talk, I trace the way in which the urban practice skateboarding has moved from a predominantly marginal position in the city – marginal in geographic, cultural and economic terms – to play an increasingly central and/or integrated role in urban cultures and developments. Practised by tens of millions worldwide, skateboarding today makes an important contribution to our current architecture, creative industries, commerce, entrepreneurship and social capital. The talk ranges from California in the 1960s and 1970s to London, Kabul and Indiana in the present day, and from concerns with methodological concerns with history and critical theory to representations in film, music and art.

This talk is part of the Civic Matter Faculty Research Group @ CRASSH series.

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