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Graffiti [PDF]

, 2017
Graffiti has a long history. There are many examples from the history of human cultures of signs and symbols left on walls as remnants of human presence. However, the origins of modern graffiti reside in the explosion of creative activity associated with the development of urban cultural expression among marginalized individuals, groups, and ...
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LINGUISTIC LANDSCPAE OF TBILISI: A CASE STUDY OF GRAFFITI

Respectus Philologicus, 2017
The article investigates graffiti of Tbilisi, Georgia, as a part of the linguistic landscape of the city. The research is carried out within the theoretical framework of linguistic landscape, based on the works by Landry and Bourhis (1997), Gorter (2006),
Jūratė Radavičiūtė
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“The city’s speech”: Analysis of Novosibirsk graffiti

Управление культурой
Graffiti is considered as a phenomenon of urban culture and a manifestation of informal visual communication. Graffiti refers to any inscriptions and drawings left in urban spaces, regardless of their connection to the eponymous subculture.
Darya A. Karavaeva, Kseniia N. Kalashnikova   +1 more
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From graffiti to murals and back again: Philadelphia’s spectacular streetscape

Visualidades, 2012
Philadelphia’s contemporary streetscape is remarkably varied and colorful with thousands of municipal murals and extensive graffiti competing for attention on city walls.
James Dickinson
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Graffiti: subculture or vandalism

Психология и право, 2013
The article discusses the phenomenon of the modern graffiti in terms of subculture and vandalism. We denote the boundary between the concepts of vandalism in cultural and legal discourse.
Kurbatova T.N., Vasilyeva R.S.
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Graffiti in the Lawscape: Seizing the Circuits of Valorization of an Elusive and Resistant Practice

Humanities
In this piece, we approach graffiti from the perspective of the ‘circuits of valorization’ that qualify as well as quantify it. We understand a valorization circuit as an assemblage of cultural, legal, economic and geographic dynamics surrounding a given
Cecilia Brazioli, Andrea Mubi Brighenti
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La rencontre entre le graffiti et le cinéma dans le film Vandal : vers une création hybride

Itinéraires
Graffiti is a drawing or inscription drawn on the walls of buildings or other surfaces in the city without permission from the authorities. Often confused with street art, graffiti is first and foremost an illegal activity classified as vandalism by the ...
Olga Stepanova
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GRAFFITI AS PROTEST ART IN STREET WORKS: A CULTURAL STUDIES THEORY ANALYSIS

E-Journal of Cultural Studies
Graffiti as street art has long been an effective medium of social expression to voice dissatisfaction with social, political, and economic conditions. In the Indonesian context, graffiti developed as a means of protest art that reflects the collective ...
Muhammad Budi Harjono, Milatul Zulfa, Ninda Nurul Fadhilah   +2 more
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The cultural eclecticism of globalism: perspectives from Russia

SHS Web of Conferences, 2018
The paper deals with the reflection of the processes of globalization and multiculturalism in the guise of modern cities. According to the authors of the article, graffiti is a purely urban phenomenon.
Ivanova Oksana, Bilalova Larisa, Knyazeva Ksenia   +2 more
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Deux interventions à perspective graphique patrimoniale. Le château des Adhémar à Montélimar et l’hôtel de ville de Châtillon-en-Diois

Criminocorpus
Graffiti on two buildings of different status, a prison in Montélimar and a town hall in Châtillon-en-Diois, are studied and compared. Most of the graffiti was produced during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Philippe Hameau
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