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Embodiment in skateboarding videogames [PDF]

, 2013
This article analyses the avatar in action games as both object of perception and instrument of action and perception. This allows for a picture to emerge of the way in which avatars in 3D action games serve as a kind of commentary on what it is to have ...
Martin, Paul
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Reimaginar la ciudad. Prácticas de ocio juvenil y producción del espacio público urbano

Revista Obets, 2017
Tras recorrer algunas de las recientes transformaciones discursivas en la comprensión del espacio urbano, este artículo teórico analiza tres prácticas de ocio juvenil, seleccionadas por su especial imbricación con la trama de la ciudad: el skateboarding,
Fernando Bayón Martín, Jaime Cuenca Amigo, José Antonio Caride Gómez   +2 more
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Men researching men in prison: the challenges for profeminist research [PDF]

, 2007
This article addresses epistemological and practical issues in conducting research in male prisons from a profeminist standpoint. It considers the role of the male researcher in engaging with prison masculinities and a sexist prison culture.
Cowburn, M.
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Skateboards and Motorbikes: Supreme’s Adoption of Akira

Journal of Anime and Manga Studies
This essay examines how Supreme reimagines skate culture and subculture through its adoption of Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira. In doing so, this paper argues that Supreme manufactures subculture via reimagining established subcultural texts to further their ...
Ryan Banfi
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Reinterpretar la ciutat: la cultura skater i els carrers de Barcelona [PDF]

, 2008
En aquest article, analitzem el desenvolupament de la pràctica del skateboarding als carrers de Barcelona com un exemple d’apropiació informal de l’espai urbà, que deixa veure clarament les contradiccions que es generen en la producció de l’espai de la ...
Camino, Xavi
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Theories of practice and geography [PDF]

, 2011
Recent developments in theories of practice have seen place and space taken explicitly into account. In particular, THEODORE SCHATZKI’s ‘site ontology’ offers distinctive but as yet under-explored means of engaging with human geographies.
Everts, J., Lahr, M., Watson, M.
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Skateboard Injuries

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1979
I S, Fyfe, A J, Guion
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Boarding Injuries: The Long and the Short of It

Emergency Medicine International, 2014
As the popularity of longboarding increases, trauma centers are treating an increased number of high severity injuries. Current literature lacks descriptions of the types of injuries experienced by longboarders, a distinct subset of the skateboarding ...
Leslie A. Fabian, Steven M. Thygerson, Ray M. Merrill   +2 more
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Skateboards: Are they really perilous? A retrospective study from a district hospital

BMC Research Notes, 2008
Background Skateboarding has been a popular sport among teenagers even with its attendant associated risks. The literature is packed with articles regarding the perils of skateboards. Is the skateboard as dangerous as has been portrayed? Methods This was
Yesupalan Rajam, Rethnam Ulfin, Sinha Amit   +2 more
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Conference Review: Heroism and the Heroic in Applied and Social Theatre [PDF]

, 2015
In March 2014, the TaPRA Applied and Social Theatre Working Group held a research day at the Royal Central School Speech and Drama (RCSSD) exploring the significance and implications of the notion of heroism in socially engaged theatre practice.
Calvert, Dave, Low, Katharine E.
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