Paul O'Connor
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Sociologist - University of Exeter Skateboarding Scholarship
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Paul O'Connor
sander
2 months ago
We made a special issue for
@leisurestudies.bsky.social
on pollution+play. The majority of papers is open-access, too ā„ļø
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rlst20/4...
Co-editors:
@peejayohhsee.bsky.social
,
@indigowilling.bsky.social
,
@benjaminduester.bsky.social
, and myself.
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Leisure Studies
The Leisure of Grey Spaces, Urban Play and the Chromatic Turn. Volume 44, Issue 5 of Leisure Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rlst20/44/5
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Paul O'Connor
Leisure Studies Journal
6 months ago
Most Cited Research Article š¹ Skateboarding in the Anthropocene: Grey spaces of polluted leisure.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Skateboarding
#Leisure
#GreySpaces
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Paul O'Connor
Leisure Studies Journal
7 months ago
New Research Article š The leisure of grey spaces, urban play and the chromatic turn.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Leisure
#GreySpaces
#Environment
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The Editorial to our Special Issue on Grey Spaces and Chromatic Leisure for
@leisurestudies.bsky.social
is now published.
@indigowilling.bsky.social
@benjaminduester.bsky.social
@sanderholsgens.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The leisure of grey spaces, urban play and the chromatic turn
Published in Leisure Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2025.2512747
7 months ago
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Paul O'Connor
Linda Kopitz
9 months ago
Next up in our Seminar Series on āPlayable Citiesā at
@uvahumanities.bsky.social
: On April 25,
@peejayohhsee.bsky.social
will give a guest lecture on āPlay through the Grey Prism: Addressing Chromatic Leisure in Citiesā š¹
www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/asca-ci...
@carobirdsall.bsky.social
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Paul O'Connor
Alison Stenning
9 months ago
Lots of really interesting looking papers coming out in the āgrey spacesā special issue of
@leisurestudies.bsky.social
- making time post-strike to read them all.
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Fantastic new paper on Roofers and the grey spaces of the capitolocene framed by the skyline of St Petersburg. Bravo!
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10 months ago
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Paul O'Connor
Alison Stenning
10 months ago
This is just a selection of the photos Iāve taken on Tyneside. Itās clear to see the kinds of spaces they are erected in - green & grey spaces on post-war estates, spaces that afford easy doorstep playing & hanging out, in communities experiencing disinvestment with few other accessible facilities.
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1) Grey Play - taking down the no ball games signs on a Lambeth Housing Estate. Good to see the urban debate on play gathering momentum...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London
Charity says thousands of signs on capitalās estates deter children from being active, and is covering some of them up
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/18/yes-ball-games-drive-to-take-down-signs-warning-against-play-begins-in-london
10 months ago
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Paul O'Connor
Brian Glenney
10 months ago
Iām calling it, spring is here!
@peejayohhsee.bsky.social
in Rotterdam
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A new article by
@skateorphi.bsky.social
'Skateboarding, Pollution, Decolonisation' in Leisure Studies, another superb and novel contribution to our Special Issue on Chromatic Leisure and Grey Spaces.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Skateparks, pollution, and decolonisation
Street skateboarding, known for its appropriation of urban architecture and space, is thought to be a decolonialising force in city streets through its manifesting of Indigenous concepts such as th...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2025.2462101?src=exp-la
10 months ago
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New Special Issue of Sport & Society on Surf and Skate scholarship. Papers on surfing mixed in with work on skate scenes in Tijuana and Northern Ireland, a paper on skaters of colour, and our own (
@skateorphi.bsky.social
@texturologies.bsky.social
) on sound.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcss20/2...
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Sport in Society
Surfing and Skateboarding; Michael James Roberts,Kristin Lawler. Volume 28, Issue 2 of Sport in Society
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcss20/28/2
10 months ago
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Another valuable research paper on the therapeutic side of skateboarding. Really please to see this in print after spending some time in Inverness and seeing some of this project unfold with Mari and Marc.
@leisure-studies.bsky.social
- Open Access.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A different gravitation: acceptance of authentic selves, becoming through doing, and support through connection within a Highland skatepark
Previous research has suggested that skateparks can provide spaces which enhance social, psychological and physical wellbeing, whilst building support and a sense of community. The purpose of this ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2025.2467749
11 months ago
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Paul O'Connor
James Kneale
11 months ago
What a great idea and argument--looking forward to reading this
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Fantastic paper by
@alisonstenning.bsky.social
on children's play in UK streets. Progressing the discussion of chromatic leisure and advocating for play in grey spaces.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Childrenās play in grey spaces: ludic geographies and the chromatic turn
Children have long played in āgrey spacesā, on doorsteps, roads, car parks, back lanes, but this ludic geography is not uncontested. Debates around the proper place for childrenās outdoor play, in ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2025.2466497
11 months ago
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Turning Green Space into Grey space. This seems like an awful idea to transform 53 hectres of park into all weather pitches. Pleased that women's football is getting support, but need it come at the cost of the little urban green space available.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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āDark day for parksā: Plans to build Spurs academy on London green space approved
Residents had unsuccessfully challenged Enfield council in court over clubās plan to build pitches on rewilded area rich in bats and newts
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/12/dark-day-for-parks-plans-to-build-spurs-academy-on-london-green-space-approved
11 months ago
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A short piece on our recent research paper exploring the sound of skateboarding.
theconversation.com/the-sound-of...
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The sound of skateboarding offers skaters a therapeutic way to connect with the city
It is as if the skateboard is an extended sensory appendage, to feel and hear the world at large.
https://theconversation.com/the-sound-of-skateboarding-offers-skaters-a-therapeutic-way-to-connect-with-the-city-247866
11 months ago
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Paul O'Connor
Luke Billingham
12 months ago
New OPEN ACCESS paper by Stephen Crossley, Gijs van Campenhout and me, about the past, present & future of informal youth football in the UK. Provides a history of informal football and highlights the dangers of formalisation, containment & instrumentalisation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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āItās a far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Isnāt it?ā the changing space of informal youth football in the UK
It is often remarked that all that is required for children to play football are ājumpers for goalpostsā. Space is also required, however, and so is permission to play, and to see the game through....
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2024.2446197#d1e690
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New Publication 'The Skater's Ear' addressing the sensory world of sound for skateboarders - Open Access and free to download
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The skaterās ear: a sensuous complexity of skateboarding sound
The sound of skateboarding is an issue fraught in controversy: the sound is a common basis for public noise complaints as well as participant praises. We consider a possible basis for this controve...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2024.2446115
12 months ago
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New publication - taking a Jungian approach to
#skateboarding
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The Application of Carl Jungās Thinking to Action Sports: A Skateboarding Case Study
This paper contributes to the development of psychoanalytical theory in sport philosophy. It addresses the work of Carl Jung and notes the paucity of discussion on his thinking in the realm of spor...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17511321.2024.2432954
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Paul O'Connor
Linda Kopitz
about 1 year ago
In this year's
#ASCA
Cities Seminar (co-organized w/
@carobirdsall.bsky.social
), we will approach the city through the lens of play with Ekim Tan,
@peejayohhsee.bsky.social
, Sam Hind, Christoph Borbach and Max Kanderske āØ Open to all!
www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/2024-20...
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New Publication post - Conceptualising Grey Spaces in Skateboarding: Generating Theory and Method for use Beyond the Board - in International Review of the Sociology of Sport ā¦
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Conceptualising grey spaces in skateboarding: Generating theory and method for use beyond the board - Paul OāConnor, 2024
This conceptual paper elaborates on the paradigm of āgrey spacesā in skateboarding. It presents the fundamentals of the grey spaces concept as a bond between th...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10126902241250089
over 1 year ago
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