Essays about: "skateboarding"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word skateboarding.

  1. 1. Aktivering av offentliga rum i Malmö : en undersökning om skateboard som trygghetsskapande verktyg

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : André Svedberg; [2023]
    Keywords : trygghet; skateboard; aktiva rum; offentlig miljö;

    Abstract : Inom stad- och samhällsplanering är det viktigt att tänka på medborgares trygghet ur ett planeringsperspektiv. Aktiva platser i stadens rum upplevs som mer trygga från brukare. Skateboard kan ses som en spontan aktivitet på offentliga platser som kan skapa levande och trygga rum. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rolling with Pain – A Sociological Investigation Into the Meaning-Making of Physical Pain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Sofie Grann Lorentsen; [2023]
    Keywords : pain; physical-pain; meaning-making; phenomenology; Sara Ahmed; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the experience of physical pain. Through an analysis and assessment of the data in the form of qualitative interviews collected for this thesis, the aim has been to show that meaning-making is fundamental to our experience of (physical) pain. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Pushing Authenticity. Challenging Narratives and Performances on Women’s Subcultural Participation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Filippa Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : cultural sociology; subcultural theory; gender; ethnography; rave; skateboarding; authenticity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines women’s subcultural participation based on ethnographic fieldwork and 73 interviews with women within the skateboarding and rave cultures. The study explores and develops how we view female participation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Platsanknytning i stadsrummet : en studie om platsanknytning med skateboard som verktyg

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Johan Bergljung; Flemming Pedersen; [2021]
    Keywords : plats; platsanknytning; skateboard; appropriering; place; place attachment; sense of place; skateboarding; appropriation;

    Abstract : Idag värderas kulturella miljöer i staden allt högre i stadsplaneringsammanhang. Det är invånarnas ianspråktagande av stadens fysiska miljöer som skapar en dynamisk, levande och hållbar stad. Över tid utvecklar individer och grupper favoritplatser, platser som verkar identitetsskapande och väcker känslor av tillhörighet. READ MORE