@article{1439834,
      recid = {1439834},
      author = {McDuie-Ra, Duncan,},
      title = {Skateboard video : archiving the city from below /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {In crisp, engaging prose, McDuie-Ra recognizes the rich  resource that skateboarding video provides for tracing  urban transformation at a variety of scales. In framing  such media as an unparalleled window on how our city  spacesfrom the quotidian to the spectacularare experienced,  McDuie-Ras analysis does what only the best urban research  can achieve, offering a profound and previously ignored  vantage point for understanding the intimacies that evolve  between humans and their shared built environments. And it  does so in the context of media and performances of urban  skateboarding that are in turn masterful, subversive,  obnoxious, artful, problematic, beautiful, and startling.  John Carr, UNSW, Australia In this engaging and provocative  work McDuie-Ras metaphor is powerful; here is a culture  that documents itself "from below." By adopting the video  camera as a ritual item, skateboarders have created an  informal archive of urban life and social change. In  studying these videos, the author invites us to become  intimately familiar with the overlooked corners of cities  across the globe, presenting an informal index of  development and austerity, and an extraordinary resource  for academic study. This clear and accessible voice  questions the central tenets of skateboard culture, showing  that through video, skateboarders can be responsible  delinquents, and inclusive elitists who cherish and honour  their history. A remarkable text that urges the reader to  reconsider the ways we archive urbanism, occupy space, and  think of race. Paul OConnor, author of Skateboarding and  Religion In an era when footage speaks louder than words,  McDuie-Ra convinces us that we can perceive and understand  cities from an alternative, yet novel perspective. This is  a highly readable and intriguing work for urban  sub-cultural scholars interested in conducting media-based  archival research or content analysis, as well as for those  seeking an in-depth depiction of skaters embodied and  socio-cultural experience. Chihsin Chiu, National Taiwan  University Duncan McDuie-Ra is Professor of Urban  Sociology, University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the  author of Skateboarding and Urban Landscapes in Asia:  Endless Spots (2021)},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439834},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5699-6},
}