Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding

book: Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed

Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding

Edited by: Ondřej Škrabal , Leah Mascia , Ann Lauren Osthof and Malena Ratzke

Volume 35 in the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111326306

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Over the last two decades, the study of graffiti has emerged as a bustling field, invigorated by increased appreciation for their historical, linguistic, sociological, and anthropological value and propelled by ambitious documentation projects. The growing understanding of graffiti as a perennial, universal phenomenon is spurring holistic consideration of this mode of graphic expression across time and space. Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed: Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding complements recent efforts to showcase the diversity in creation, reception, and curation of graffiti around the globe, throughout history and up to the present day. Reflecting on methodology, concepts, and terminology as well as spatial, social, and historical contexts of graffiti, the book’s fourteen chapters cover ancient Egypt, Rome, Northern Arabia, Persia, India, and the Maya; medieval Eastern Mediterranean, Turfan, and Dunhuang; and contemporary Tanzania, Brazil, China, and Germany. As a whole, the collection provides a comprehensive toolkit for newcomers to the field of graffiti studies and appeals to specialists interested in viewing these materials in a cross-cultural perspective.

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Ondřej Škrabal, Univ. Hamb.; Leah Mascia, Univ. Hamb.; Ann Lauren Osthof, U. Hamb.; Malena Ratzke, Friedr.-Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding of Graffiti: Terminology, Context, Semiotics, Documentation Ondřej Škrabal, Leah Mascia, Ann Lauren Osthof and Malena Ratzke Open Access Download PDF	1
Africa
Writing Wherever Possible and Meaningful: Graffiti Culture in Ancient Egypt. Context, Terminology, Documentation Ursula Verhoeven Open Access Download PDF	47
‘Spray It Loud’: Hip Hop Graffiti Culture and Politics in Dar es Salaam, 2003–2018 Seth M. Markle Open Access Download PDF	77
America
Incised Images among the Palaces and Temples: The Content and Meaning of Pre-Columbian Maya Graffiti Jarosław Źrałka Open Access Download PDF	109
Graffiti and the Media: Between Politics, Art and Vandalism Alexander Araya López Open Access Download PDF	143
Central and East Asia
Old Uyghur Graffiti Inscriptions from Central Asia Matsui Dai Open Access Download PDF	173
Chinese Graffiti in Dunhuang? Nadine Bregler Open Access Download PDF	215
Transcribed Flows and Arrhythmias: ‘Graffiti’ in Relation to Epigraphic and Artistic Trajectories in Today’s Mainland China Minna Valjakka Open Access Download PDF	233
Intermezzo
The Spray Can as an Attitude to Life between Illegal Action and Commercial Art: A Conversation on the Emergence of a Modern Graffiti Form with the Artist Mirko Reisser alias DAIM Sanja Ewald and Mirko Reisser Open Access Download PDF	267
South and West Asia
Graffiti in Ancient India: Towards the Definition of a Genre of Indian Epigraphy Ingo Strauch Open Access Download PDF	287
Graffiti in Middle Iranian: Some Preliminary Notes Carlo G. Cereti Open Access Download PDF	327
Voices in the Wilderness: Some Unexpected Uses of Graffiti Michael C. A. Macdonald Open Access Download PDF	355
Medieval and Early Modern Graffiti in Eastern Mediterranean: A New Methodological Approach Mia Trentin Open Access Download PDF	383
Europe
Documenting Ancient Graffiti: Text, Image, Support and Access Rebecca R. Benefiel and Holly M. Sypniewski Open Access Download PDF	425
Curating Graffiti: The Exhibition Wände│Walls in the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Anne Vieth Open Access Download PDF	467
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	487
Index Open Access Download PDF	491

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students in the fields of ancient, medieval and contemporary history, archaeology, art history, and epigraphy
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 505
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 43
- Coloured Illustrations: 109
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Epigraphy; history of writing; archaeology; social history

eBook

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111326306

Hardcover

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111326283