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Political Graffiti in Critical Times

The Aesthetics of Street Politics
Buch | Hardcover
360 Seiten
2021
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78920-941-9 (ISBN)
195,60 inkl. MwSt
With a particular eye to the demographic, ecological, and economic crises of today, this volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of urban space and visual protest during periods of social and political upheaval.
Whether aesthetically or politically inspired, graffiti is among the oldest forms of expression in human history, one that becomes especially significant during periods of social and political upheaval. With a particular focus on the demographic, ecological, and economic crises of today, this volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of urban space and visual protest. Assembling case studies that cover topics such as gentrification in Cyprus, the convulsions of post-independence East Timor, and opposition to Donald Trump in the American capital, it reveals the diverse ways in which street artists challenge existing social orders and reimagine urban landscapes.

Ricardo Campos is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences (CICSNova, Nova FCSH), Portugal. His books include Transglobal Sounds: Music, Identity and Migrant Descendants.

List of Illustrations



Introduction: Political Graffiti in Critical Times


Andrea Pavoni, Yannis Zaimakis and Ricardo Campos



PART I: STREET ACTIVISM AND VISUAL PROTEST IN CONTEMPORARY CITIES



Chapter 1. A Periegesis through the Greek Crisis in Five Graffiti Acts: Cartographic and Photographic Dialogues


Konstantinos Avramidis and Myrto Tsilimpounidi



Chapter 2. 'Whatever I Can Do to Put Those People in Jail': Crisis Turns Spanish Artists to Street Activism


Jonna Tolonen



Chapter 3. Walls of Resistance in Critical Times: A Reflection on Political Graffiti and Visual Protest in Southern Europe and Latin America


Yiannis Zaimakis and Leonidas Oikonomakis



Chapter 4. Between the Workshop and the Streets: Graphic Activism and the Student Movement in Chile (2008–2018)


Javiera Manzi, Matías Marambio, Isidro Parraguez, María Yaksic



Chapter 5. Anti-Trump Graffiti and Street Art: A Case Study of Washington, DC


Jeffrey Ian Ross



Chapter 6. Vandalising the Commons


Andrea Pavoni



PART II: SOCIO-CULTURAL DIVISIONS AND ANTI-GENTRIFICATION PROTESTS



Chapter 7. Berlin Political Crises, Street Art and Graffiti from 1945 to 2019


Betty A. Dobratz and Lisa K. Waldner



Chapter 8. Writing in a City in Crisis: Stencil Graffiti in the Old Town of Nicosia


Pafsanias Karathanasis



Chapter 9. Le Charme Discret de L’Anomie: Contested Spaces and Surfaces in Via Zamboni, Bologna

Anna Giulia Della Puppa



PART III: POLITICAL TURMOIL AND REGIME TRANSFORMATION



Chapter 10. ‘25th April Always, Fascism Never Again’: The Post-revolution Murals in Portugal

Cláudia Madeira, Cristina Pratas Cruzeiro and Ricardo Campos



Chapter 11. Street Art in East Timor: Creative (Re)Constructions of Identity in Times of Crisis

Catherine C. Arthur



Chapter 12. Reigniting the Revolution: An Interview with Abu Malek Al-Shami

Hend Alawadhi and Julia Tulke



Afterword: A Public Crisis / A Crisis of Publicness: Political Graffiti in the Post-coronavirus Age

Rafael Schacter



Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Protest, Culture & Society
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-78920-941-2 / 1789209412
ISBN-13 978-1-78920-941-9 / 9781789209419
Zustand Neuware
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