Political Graffiti in Critical Times

The Aesthetics of Street Politics
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-78920-941-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 352 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Reihe: Protest, Culture & Society

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campos, Ricardo

Pavoni, Andrea

Zaimakis, Yiannis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Andere Graphische Kunstformen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Campos, Ricardo
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.

Pavoni, Andrea
Andrea Pavoni is a research fellow at DINAMIA'CET (centre for socioeconomic and territorial studies), University Institute of Lisbon, and associate editor at Lo Squaderno: Explorations in Space and Society.

Zaimakis, Yiannis
Yiannis Zaimakis is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Local Societies and Director of the Social Analysis and Applied Social Research Laboratory at the University of Crete.

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.