Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to nationalism studies by demonstrating how states use failure as a governance tool to regulate national belonging and by showing how people experience and reinterpret failure in ways that unsettle dominant national imaginaries.
Lena Hercberga, Alina Jašina‐Schäfer
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Graffiti in the Lawscape: Seizing the Circuits of Valorization of an Elusive and Resistant Practice
HumanitiesIn 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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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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A portrait unseen: Neil Bartlett's queer theatrical adaptation of Wilde's Dorian Gray
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract Neil Bartlett's 2012 theatrical adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray presents a provocative reimagining of Wilde's novel, emphasizing its homoerotic and aesthetic dimensions while engaging with the historical and cultural anxieties surrounding queerness.
Younes Poorghorban
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Speak Softly but Carry a Big Can of Paint - Banksy, Wall and Piece: Street Art as Radical Political Activism [PDF]
, 2011 The English street artist Banksy best describes the power of street art as radical activism through his assertion in his 2003 collection, Banging Yallr Head Against a Brick Wall, that [ It] is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing ...
Booth, Rosemary Reedy
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Community‐Oriented or Self‐Interested? Citizen Motivations for Engaging in Digital Coproduction
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public organizations increasingly use digitally enabled platforms such as 311 (a nonemergency service in the United States) to facilitate coproduction and improve service delivery. While prior research has examined coproducers' motivations, we know little about motivations for digital coproduction.
Vishal Trehan +2 more
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La rencontre entre le graffiti et le cinéma dans le film Vandal : vers une création hybride
ItinérairesGraffiti 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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Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Digital Client Encounters
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As governments increasingly digitalize client encounters, there are growing concerns that standardized platforms may reduce bureaucratic responsiveness, particularly for historically underserved communities. We examine whether frontline workers help close that gap through their use of civic‐tech platforms.
Gregory A. Porumbescu +2 more
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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The graffiti artist : doing the work of the lyric through juxtaposition of disparate social discourse : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Master of Creative Writing, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 One way the lyric has developed over the last century is to accommodate non-poetic social discourses, e.g. languages of prose, genre, profession and cultural groups into the lyric tradition.
Ingram, Gail
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