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Skateboarding and Urban Landscapes in Asia : Endless Spots

Author :  Duncan McDuie-Ra (Series Ed) Katarzyna Cwiertka

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Country
Netherlands
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN 9789463723138
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 216p. ; 156x234mm.
Categories Sociology/Culture Studies
Product Weight 462 gms.
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As urban development in Asia has accelerated, cities in the region have become central to skateboarding culture, livelihoods, and consumption. Asia's urban landscapes are desired for their endless supply of 'spots'. Spots are not built for skateboarding; they are accidents of urban planning and commercial activity; glitches in the urban machine. Skateboarders and filmers chase these spots to make skate video, skateboarding's primary cultural artefact. Once captured, skate video circulates rapidly through digital platforms to millions of viewers, enrolling spots from Shenzhen to Ramallah into an alternative cartography of Asia. This book explores this way of desiring and consuming urban Asia, and the implications for relational and comparative hierarchies of urban development.

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