SOC470 Skate Punk Presentation Beth Herbert

7/30/2019 SOC470 Skate Punk Presentation Beth Herbert

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN

SKATE PUNK

How were gonna do it our wayhas become absorbed and

proliferated into wider popularcultural understandings and ways of

living.


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SKATE PUNK! SKATE AND

DESTROY! OUTLAWS ORATHLETES?! INDIVIDUALITY!

Possessed to Skate SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZtywRfgN4

MIKE MUIR INTERVIEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TK2-2jJAU

MIKE VALLELEYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5JTjZ_w0E

I skatetherefore I am

http://istia.tv/blog/

Skateboarding changed my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZtywRfgN4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5JTjZ_w0Ehttp://istia.tv/blog/http://istia.tv/blog/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5JTjZ_w0Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZtywRfgN4


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STRUCTURE

ABSTRACT

DECLARATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTERS

REFERENCE LIST

APPENDICES


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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

What is it that I am discussing?

The context

Why is this important to understand?

Theoretical overview

How can I understand this further?Methodology

What impact does this have on society?

Findings

What does it mean for the future?

Discussion

(FEEDBACK: Introduction will be about 3-5 pages long interestedto see how long others think an Introduction should be).


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CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT

A history into the period I am discussing.

- USA in the 1980s, Southern California in the

1980s

A brief history of skateboarding.

A brief history of punk music.

A brief history on the rise of skate punk.


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CHAPTER 3:

THEORETICAL/DISCOURSE

OVERVIEW(DISCOURSE - AS FILM AND ZINES ETC ARE BEINGUSED)FEEDBACK: Not sure whether to introduce each chapter section ie.one paragraph introduction on Theoretical Overview

Split into focus areas for example:(Feedback on this)

3.1 Scholarship

3.2 Film

3.3 Music

3.4 Magazines/Zines/Newspaper Articles/Flyers


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3.1 Scholarship

Literature Review of Theorists that havecontributed to this topic of skate punk andskateboarding (Sociological, Cultural, Media) anda broader review of certain Subcultural Theorists

that have contributed to the ideologies, theoriesand concepts within which this study ispositioned.

Use SUB-HEADINGS to narrow the focus:

ie. Sociology Theoretical frameworks:Subcultures, Identity, Space, Masculinity,Authenticity


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CHAPTER 3 CONTD

3.2 FILM:

Relevant films that contribute to the study of this topic.

3.3 MUSIC:

Focus on bands/lyrics that contribute to this subculture.

3.4 MAGAZINES/ZINES/NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/FLYERS:

Literature review of the Zines/Magazines/Newspaper Articles thatcontribute information on the subculture of skate punk andskateboarders.

FROM THIS LITERATURE/DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, WHAT NEEDS TO BEFURTHER INVESTIGATED?


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CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY

FEEDBACK: Not sure whether to introduce each

chapter section ie. one paragraph introduction on

Methodology

4.1 Why Would I Research Southern CalifornianSkate Punk?

(FEEDBACK: Not sure how to title this? But I want

to include a small expose on why I have chosen toresearch this subject as this shapes the

information that is conveyed in the scholarship.)


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ST(So Cal) JFA(Arizona)


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CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY CONTD..4.2 Research Methods

Focused upon Qualitative Methods of comprehensive Discourse Analysis, PLUS Open Questions emailed to willing

participants that were or still are a part of the skate punk scene.

4.2.1 Qualitative Methodology The Skate Punk Band Case Study.

Based on background research, focusing on the history of two skate punk bands, one from Southern California,and the other from a different locale (Arizona). Informal Questions from two different perspectives (one frominside the scene, another from outside of the scene).

4.2.2 Primary Research

Informal questions (Skate Punk Band Case Study)

Interviews found in Magazines/Newspapers/Zines/Flyers Song lyrics

Thrasher Magazine Forum Statistics

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/forum/index/stats/expand 201303/

4.2.3 Secondary Research

Discourse Analysis of texts/journals

Documentary Films

Magazines/Zines/Newspaper articles

4.2.4 Skate Punk typology What does a skate punk look like?

Analysing images associated with the skate punk

Fashion and the look

The Attitude
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CHAPTER 5: FINDINGS

5.1 The Skate Punk Band Case Study What does being skate punk mean to them?

Findings within the theoretical frameworks outlined above.

Subcultures, Identity, Space, Leisure/Work, Masculinity, Authenticity

5.2 Were gonna do it our way

How is skate punk a subculture?

5.3 How does Skate Punk generate an understanding of Identity? Or is it the other wayaround?

5.4 What is the importance of place in the construct of the skate punk?

5.5 Skate and Destroy

How does skate punk as a subculture still perpetuate and reinforce dominant forms ofhegemonic masculinity?

5.6 Work as Leisure? Leisure as Work?

Redefining alternative commercial success and the X-Games phenomenon.

5.7 What is a Southern Californian skate punk? Is this stereotype authentic or myth?


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CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION

6.1 Skate Punk and theoretical implications.

6.2 Redefining Skate Punk Mythology.

6.3 The Future of Skate Punk and Further

Considerations.


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CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION

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