Towards a Public Sociology
In this edited collection, I offer a chapter about Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, FL. I focus on how skateboarding connects generations of skaters and how they make meaning with this social practice.
https://www.routledge.com/Skateboarding-Subcultures-Sites-and-Shifts/Lombard/p/book/9781138829824
In this recent book, I coauthored the introductory chapter titled “Chicago: Neoliberal City” laying out the parameters of neoliberalism and then in chapter 4 “Urban Sustainability and the ‘Greening’ of Neoliberal Chicago” I present the challenges of enacting sustainable, socially just, solutions in this context. Here is the publisher link for more information:
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/47cbh4ct9780252040597.html
Below is an interview of one of the editors and one of the contributors to this research on the radio show “Live from the Heartland” on WLUW 88.7fm in Chicago.
Janet O’Toole, the host of “The Food Show,” interviewed me for the first 30 minutes on Connemara Community Radio. I have also linked the book my chapter is in below.
Michael J. Lorr 