"Skateboarding Spots in the Mediterranean"
Public Presentation of Survey and Data Collection Results
How does skateboarding transform our cities, our landscapes, and the ways we live together?
Discover the results of three previously unpublished surveys on skate culture in the Mediterranean.
The public presentation of the research project “Skateboard Spots in the Mediterranean” by Sébastien Carayol, Valentin Chenier, Pierre Pauselli, Claude Queyrel, and Florent Theron will be followed by a discussion, as well as a presentation by Julien Glauser on the research project “DIY Skateparks: Creating, Skating, and Enjoying City Life More.”
Three research and collection projects focused on “Skateboarding Hotspots in the Mediterranean” were launched by the Mucem, as part of a project to reexamine its skateboard collections—comprising some 1,000 objects and a substantial archival collection—which were primarily assembled by Claire Calogirou, an ethnologist, and Marc Touché, a sociologist, between the early 1990s and 2002.
Supported by a scientific committee composed of experts and practitioners, these surveys and data collections shed light, through three case studies, on the development of skateboarding in the Mediterranean region over the past twenty years. Valentin Chenier analyzes the emergence of a North African “skateboarding scene,” focusing on the construction of a skatepark in the seaside resort of Taghazout, Morocco. Sébastien Carayol examines, from the forecourt of the MACBA in Barcelona, the sociology of skateboarders and the urban history of the Catalan capital. Pierre Pauselli, Claude Queyrel, and Florent Theron examine the practices and uses of DIY skateparks in Marseille, which trace a parallel history of skateboarding in the city. These three research projects will help enrich the Mucem’s archives and collection.
How does skateboarding transform our cities, our landscapes, and the ways we live together?
Discover the results of three previously unpublished surveys on skate culture in the Mediterranean.
The public presentation of the research project “Skateboard Spots in the Mediterranean” by Sébastien Carayol, Valentin Chenier, Pierre Pauselli, Claude Queyrel, and Florent Theron will be followed by a discussion, as well as a presentation by Julien Glauser on the research project “DIY Skateparks: Creating, Skating, and Enjoying City Life More.”
Three research and collection projects focused on “Skateboarding Hotspots in the Mediterranean” were launched by the Mucem, as part of a project to reexamine its skateboard collections—comprising some 1,000 objects and a substantial archival collection—which were primarily assembled by Claire Calogirou, an ethnologist, and Marc Touché, a sociologist, between the early 1990s and 2002.
Supported by a scientific committee composed of experts and practitioners, these surveys and data collections shed light, through three case studies, on the development of skateboarding in the Mediterranean region over the past twenty years. Valentin Chenier analyzes the emergence of a North African “skateboarding scene,” focusing on the construction of a skatepark in the seaside resort of Taghazout, Morocco. Sébastien Carayol examines, from the forecourt of the MACBA in Barcelona, the sociology of skateboarders and the urban history of the Catalan capital. Pierre Pauselli, Claude Queyrel, and Florent Theron examine the practices and uses of DIY skateparks in Marseille, which trace a parallel history of skateboarding in the city. These three research projects will help enrich the Mucem’s archives and collection.