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The Leisure of Grey Spaces, Urban Play and the Chromatic Turn

by Paul O'Connor , Indigo Willing , Benjamin Duester
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781041198819
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 238
  • Original Price: GBP 171.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 581 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Urban & Land Use Planning

This book explores the concept of leisure through the lens of colour, offering a fresh and innovative perspective on how chromatic elements shape our understanding of health, wellbeing, and environmental ethics.

Paul O'Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Exeter's Department of Sociology, Philosophy, and Anthropology (SPSPA). His research explores the sociology of skateboarding, Hong Kong studies, religion, pilgrimage, and cultural hybridity. He is the author of Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City (2012) and Skateboarding and Religion (2019).

Indigo Willing is the co-author of Skateboarding, Power and Change (2023), written with Anthony Pappalardo and featuring art by Adam Abada. She serves as the co-chair of the International Advisory Board for Skateistan and is the co-founder of several award-winning skate initiatives. Indigo holds Fellowships with the Winston Churchill Trust, the University of Sydney, and the Queensland State Library, Australia.

Benjamin Duester is a Research Fellow in Musicology at Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany. He is a co-founder of the SSHRED (Skating, Sustainability, Health Research and Environmental Design) research network, which focuses on the creative and circular use of waste in art and urban practices. Benjamin is the author of Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age (2025).

Sander Hölsgens is an Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is the co-director of Pushing Boarders, an international platform and conference that examines the social impact of skateboarding worldwide. His writing on skateboarding has been featured in Skateism, Vice, and Jenkem. Sander is the author of Skateboarding in Seoul: A Sensory Ethnography and Skateboarding and the Senses: Skills, Surfaces, and Spaces (2024; co-authored with Brian Glenney).

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