caa a22 4500 475763238 CHVBK 20180406123557.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1010166007804 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1010166007804 Skateboarders exploring urban public space: Ollies, obstacles and conflicts [Elektronische Daten] [Lia Karsten, Eva Pel] This paper reports on an explorative study about skateboarding practices in Amsterdam. One indoor spot and nine street locations for skateboarding were observed and over thirty skaters were interviewed. The research questions concern the identity of the people involved, the group interactions, and the use of urban space and routes. The majority of the observed skateboarders are male middle-class youngsters. In this respect, the skateboarding scene is not very different from other forms of urban public play where men predominate. At the same time, however, skateboarding can be seen as a way of experimenting with new forms of masculinity. Since hanging about by adolescents is mainly a lower-class phenomenon, the middle-class status of the skateboarding youth is surprising. Notwithstanding their individual skateboarding acts, youngsters involved in skateboarding negotiate their claim on specific spaces in groups. The colonizing of public spaces for skateboarding does not remain free of conflict. Groups of skaters are continuously putting public spaces into and out of use. In a sense, skateboarders can be considered the nomads of the city. Their 'straveling in packs' results in a map of skate locations which is constantly changing. To understand the phenomenon of skateboarding, further research is needed, not only in Amsterdam but also in other cities and the suburbs. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Amsterdam nationallicence gender relations nationallicence public space nationallicence skateboarding nationallicence Karsten Lia Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment (AME), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Pel Eva Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment (AME), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(2000-12-01), 327-340 1566-4910 15:4<327 2000 15 10901 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010166007804 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010166007804 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karsten Lia Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment (AME), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pel Eva Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment (AME), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(2000-12-01), 327-340 1566-4910 15:4<327 2000 15 10901 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer