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from Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History, by Iain Borden. Published by Bloomsbury.
Talk
Documenting Skateboarding History
13 May 2019
Event times
18:30-20:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 22 Gordon Street
- London
- WC1H 0QB
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Euston
- Euston
Join Professor Iain Borden, author of Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History for a relaxed panel discussion about the historical documentation of skateboarding.
About
Dan Adams (R.A.D. Archive), Jenna Selby (As If and What?, Days Like These, Scratch the Surface) and Winstan Whitter (Rollin’ Through the Decades, Rollin’ On) will join Iain, sharing their thoughts about the importance of historical documentation for skateboarding today and exploring how different accounts and archives can be constructed and communicated for different audiences.
Skateboarding is over 60 years old, and has been through many stages of riding style, locations, attitudes and geographies. Today, skateboarding is a diverse worldwide phenomenon involving multiple riders, terrains and cultures. While counter-cultural street-skateboarding remains an essential element, skateparks are being built all over the world and for the first time skateboarding will feature in the Olympics in Tokyo, 2020.
