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

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.

About the author

Veith Kilberth (Dr. phil.), ehemaliger professioneller Skateboarder, Diplom-Sportwissenschaftler, promoviert an der Europa-Universität Flensburg, geschäftsführender Mitinhaber des Planungsbüros für Skateparks, Landskate GmbH, und der fine lines Marketing GmbH in Köln, forscht berufsbegleitend zu urbanen Bewegungsräumen, Skateparks, Stadtplanung, Urban Sports und Jugendkulturen.Jürgen Schwier (Prof. Dr. phil.) leitet die Abteilung Sportwissenschaft an der Europa-Universität Flensburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen informeller Kinder- und Jugendsport, jugendliche Bewegungskulturen, Skateboard Studies sowie Sport, Medien und Kommunikation.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jürgen Schwier
• Assisted by: Veit Kilberth (Editor), Veith Kilberth (Editor), Schwier (Editor), Schwier (Editor), Jürgen Schwier (Editor), Jürgen Schwier (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783837647655
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-4765-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 224 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 348 g
• Illustrations: 1 Farbabb.
• Series: KörperKulturen; KörperKulturen; KörperKulturen; Body Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Soziologie, Wirtschaft, Verstehen, Populäre Kultur, Park, Skateboard, Sport, Street, Kulturwissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Altersgruppen: Jugendliche, Soziologie: Sport und Freizeit, Architecture, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Economics, finance, business & management, Sociology of Culture, Economics, Populärkultur, Olympic Games, D.I.Y., Wissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaften, Trivialkultur, Soziologie / Familie, Jugend, Alter, Soziologie / Sport, Freizeit, Communities, Skateboard; Urban Space; Architecture; Recreational Space; Action Sports; Olympic Games; tudies; Street; Park; D.I.Y.; Body; Culture; Sport Science; Sociology of Culture; Sport; Sociology, Social Sciences, Youth, Production, Sport Science, Fashion & society, Fashion & textiles: design, Urban Space, Youth Culture, Sales & marketing, Skateboarding, Culture Studies, Sociology and anthropology, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Groups of people, Athletic and outdoor sports and games, Costume and personal appearance, Recreational Space, Action Sports