The phenomenal forms of political graffiti in Rome and Buenos Aires: a comparison based upon detailed descriptive analysis. Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Penn, Roger
• Is Part Of: Visual studies. Volume 33:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 313
• Page End: 325
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: Visual perception -- Periodicals; Visual anthropology -- Periodicals; Visual sociology -- Periodicals; 301
• DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2019.1590158
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1472-586X

Abstract

Abstract : The paper provides a comparison of political graffiti in Rome and Buenos Aires. It examines ten photographs in each city and explores their properties through a detailed and intensive process of descriptive coding. The comparative method reveals the specific, contextual elements essential for interpreting these graffiti. In a broader sense, these photographic images are seen not as signifying 'disorder, ' but rather as an intrinsic part of the very ordering of the streets in contemporary metropolitan environments.