Skateboarding, Space and the City
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Ian Borden's book examines skateboarding as a practice that actively reshapes urban environments, drawing on Henri Lefebvre's theories of the production of space.
It explores how skateboarders contest segregated, capitalist-produced spatial orders through flows of play and mobility, and situates skating within broader urban cultural politics.
The work combines ethnographic detail with theoretical insights to show how embodied practices transform everyday spaces and challenge dominant uses of the city.
Published in 2001, it has become a key text in skate studies and urban cultural geography.
It explores how skateboarders contest segregated, capitalist-produced spatial orders through flows of play and mobility, and situates skating within broader urban cultural politics.
The work combines ethnographic detail with theoretical insights to show how embodied practices transform everyday spaces and challenge dominant uses of the city.
Published in 2001, it has become a key text in skate studies and urban cultural geography.
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