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SUMMARY:Skateboarding and the City: From Margin to Centre - Ian Borden (Un
 iversity College London)
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DTEND:20141117T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I trace the way in which the urban practice ska
 teboarding has moved from a predominantly marginal position in the city 
 – marginal in geographic\, cultural and economic terms – to play an \n
 increasingly central and/or integrated role in urban cultures and developm
 ents. Practised by tens of millions worldwide\, skateboarding today makes 
 an important contribution to our current architecture\, \ncreative industr
 ies\, commerce\, entrepreneurship and social capital. The talk ranges from
  California in the 1960s and 1970s to London\, Kabul and Indiana in the pr
 esent day\, and from concerns with methodological \nconcerns with history 
 and critical theory to representations in film\, music and art.\n\nThis se
 ssion is jointly organised with 'Civic Matter'.
LOCATION:Room SG1 of the Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, CB39DT\, 
 Cambridge
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