Skateistan's Goodpush Alliance was excited to co-host this webinar on April 14th, celebrating the launch of the brand new Skate/worlds book about skateboarding and education, together with its editors and writers About the webinar: The event featured the perspectives of the book editors, Sander Hölsgens and Adelina Ong, as well as several contributors. The last 30 minutes were a Q&A session, with the opportunity for participants to ask questions. Hosts:

• Rhianon Bader, Head of the Goodpush Alliance and book contributor
• Sander Hölsgens – Book co-editor
• Adelina Ong – Book co-editor

Guest speakers & book contributors:

• Åsa Bäckström – "Teaching skateboarding as movement literacy – feel, explore, collaborate, and assess"
• Arianna Gil and Jessica Forsyth – "Staying outside: Pedagogy, resistance, and DIY peer support amongst NYC skate crews"
• Esther Sayers – "Learning for life: Skateboarding, public pedagogy and belonging"
• Indigo Willing – (co-author) "Skate and collaborate: Carving spaces to create and educate through sociology, performance and interaction design, and public art"

You can find more info about the book and get a copy here: https://books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/... Book synopsis: Skate/worlds brings together writers, educators, and activists who research skateboarding as a prefigurative learning tool. Can skateboarding be therapeutic? Does it align with efforts to queer and decolonise education? And how to parent as a skater? As the ecology of skateboarding expands and diversifies, the sensation of moving sideways gains socio-political and pedagogical relevance. This edited volume chronicles how we both learn to skate and learn from skateboarding – zooming in on topics including gestalt therapy, care work, motherhood, and grassroots advocacy.