Tag: Sander Holsgens

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Rethinking places for sport in the Anthropocene by Peter Carlman and Gabriella Torell-Palmquist (open access).

In Sander Hölsgens’ and Brian Glenney’s new book Skateboarding and the Senses: Skills, Surfaces, and Spaces a new perspective on skateboarding is presented, centred on the senses, skill acquisition, embodiment, and the concept of “city craft”. According to our reviewer Michael Roberts, the book makes a crucial intervention in skateboard studies, and the definition of skateboarding as a craft is key to their intervention. This is a must read for interested in skateboard studies and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports more generally.

Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JSSI) brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives, including Sociology, History, Economics, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Psychology, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Ethnic Studies.