Graffiti w przestrzeni globalnej i lokalnej
Graffiti in global and local space
Author(s): Agnieszka SchillingSubject(s): Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Media studies, Visual Arts, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; graffiti; subculture; visual art; urban art; globalization; writers;
Summary/Abstract: Graffiti is both a hermetic artistic work and a kind of visual communication. It can be treated either as an independent subculture of writers or as a visual element of the hiphop subculture. The graffiti artists create a global subculture in which some local characteristics, such as sociolects and microhistories, may be found. Broadening the scope of this phenomenon is connected with its homogenization as well as the hybridization of culture and the imperialism of the American cultural models. This article is an attempt to explain what graffiti is in the global and local context. It comprises a description of the selected issues, such as globalization and commercialization of this phenomenon, its place in the cyberspace and the world of art. This article has been written based on the studies concerning this phenomenon, ethnological qualitative research conducted between 2009 and 2011 as well as the currently conducted (since 2011) anthropological research concerning the iconography of the contemporary youth subcultures.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 36/2013
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 140-151
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish