Skateboarding and the Senses
This book presents a new perspective on skateboarding, centred on the senses, skill acquisition, embodiment, and the concept of "city craft".
“A fascinating philosophical interrogation of skateboarding and its myriad entanglements. Glenney and Hölsgens, as practitioners and thinkers, bring critical insights only available to those with a deep knowledge and the lived experience of skating. They draw upon a wide range of sources and comparative cases, and while it is a profound work overall, it is simultaneously playful, engaging and a pleasure to read. Their ruminations range from the level of a single curb to implications for the entire planet, from individual behaviors to those of the entire (human) species, all the while questioning outside assumptions about skateboarding as well as its internal discussions and contradictions. They have done a service to both academic inquiry and skateboarding.” -Wez Lundry (Ed. Thrasher Magazine)
“It feels almost impossible that Holsgëns and Glenney have fit so much research, insight, and curiosity into so slim a volume. Rigorously playful, Skateboarding and the Sensessurveys the strange and shifting craft of skateboarding, untangling its mysteries and arguing for its rewards to both individuals and communities. An invaluable resource that I will turn to for many years to come.” -Kyle Beachy (Author: The Most Fun Thing)
“Skateboarding is magical. Magic is difficult to capture and even more difficult to explain. However, Sander and Brian do the impossible by combining rigorous research with plain language writing.” -Patrick Kigongo (Podcast: Mostly Skateboarding)
A Pluralist’s Guide to Solving Molyneux’s Problem
The guiding edge of this book is to think about Molyneux’s problem in the context of what Molyneux would do with his problem were he alive today. How would he retool his problem, his “sense-scope,” to pick up on the various nuances of sensory perception, their discordance, and their correspondence, to better understand the mind?