The Aesthetics of Rule and Resistance

Lisa Bogerts is a Berlin-based political scientist, researcher, and editor. Her work focuses on political conflict and protest, visual communication, artistic activism, and power relations.

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Acknowledgements



Introduction: Political Power, Visual Communication, and Public Space



Chapter 1. From Conceptualizing to Analyzing Visual Power and Resistance

Chapter 2. Street Art: A Medium of Visual Political Communication

Chapter 3. Setting the Scene: Street Art in Latin American Urban Space

Chapter 4. Buenos Aires: “Latin America – Now or Never”

Chapter 5. Mexico City: “Another World is Possible” – Democracy, Freedom, Justice

Chapter 6. Caracas: “El Comandante” is Present

Chapter 7. Bogotá: “Exploitation Ruins Life”

Chapter 8. Across the Cities: Strategies of Visual Meaning-Making



Conclusions: “The Media Are Theirs, the Walls Are Ours”



References



Appendix A: Shooting Script for the Photo-Documentation

Appendix B: Image Descriptions and Image Sections/Composition from the Detailed Analyses

Appendix C: Code Frequencies