Essays about: "Emmi Zittel"

Found 1 essay containing the words Emmi Zittel.

  1. 1. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
    Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE