Paul O'Connor
@peejayohhsee.bsky.social
Sociologist - University of Exeter
Skateboarding Scholarship
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Thanks for all the support Leisure studies @skateorphi.bsky.social @indigowilling.bsky.social & Clifton Evers.
July 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thanks for all the support Leisure studies @skateorphi.bsky.social @indigowilling.bsky.social & Clifton Evers.
It frames and introduces the various articles from @alisonstenning.bsky.social @abikaras.bsky.social @skateorphi.bsky.social @chrisguymariano.bsky.social and many others...
June 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It frames and introduces the various articles from @alisonstenning.bsky.social @abikaras.bsky.social @skateorphi.bsky.social @chrisguymariano.bsky.social and many others...
3) And secondly Stephen Crossley, Gijs van Campenhout and @lbilli91.bsky.social work on informal football in the UK is a perfect fit... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘It’s a far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Isn’t it?’ 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 ‘jumpers for goalposts’. Space is also required, however, and so is permission to play, and to see the game through....
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March 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
3) And secondly Stephen Crossley, Gijs van Campenhout and @lbilli91.bsky.social work on informal football in the UK is a perfect fit... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
2) I have to flag two recent excellent papers that connect to the themes of this in the UK, Firstly @alisonstenning.bsky.social work on children's play in the streets www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Children’s play in grey spaces: ludic geographies and the chromatic turn
Children have long played in ‘grey spaces’, on doorsteps, roads, car parks, back lanes, but this ludic geography is not uncontested. Debates around the proper place for children’s outdoor play, in ...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
2) I have to flag two recent excellent papers that connect to the themes of this in the UK, Firstly @alisonstenning.bsky.social work on children's play in the streets www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The formalisation of leisure spaces seems to come at a cost for natural spaces, grass is replaced with 'all weather pitches' and 'football cages' more related in this great paper from our special issue on leisure grey spaces tackles informal football in the UK www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The formalisation of leisure spaces seems to come at a cost for natural spaces, grass is replaced with 'all weather pitches' and 'football cages' more related in this great paper from our special issue on leisure grey spaces tackles informal football in the UK www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....