Skateboarding with Roland Barthes
Architecture, myth and evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22995376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohd Shahrudin Abd Manan (0000-0003-1002-4287, Universiti Putra Malaysia, corresponding author), Chris Smith (0000-0002-1348-189X, Faculty of Design), Chris L Smith (0000-0003-0852-9374) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14797585.2013.851830 |
| OpenAlex | W4238417040 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper explores the notion of myth as a specific form of evidence and evidentiality of architecture. This exploration is conducted with specific regard to two key texts: the first, a philosophical text, and the second a text of architectural theory. As such, Barthes’s text: Mythologies firstly published in 1957 and Borden’s text: Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body published in 2001 are explored. This paper suggests that the role served by Barthesian myth in respect to language is similar to the role served by skateboarding in Borden’s exploration of the city. It is suggested that both myth and skateboarding serve as evidence of the instability of objectivity in language, everyday life practices and architecture. We thus argue that the notion of myth will chart a new dimension of contemporary architectural thinking and prompt more possibilities in interlinking design research between architecture, the human body and the sociologic study of mass culture.
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Mythology · Sociology · Visual arts · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Architecture · Digital Games and Media · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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