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Graffiti and street art are not just a backdrop in Pokémon Go but also a template for how to navigate urban space. Indeed lovers of street art have long played their own kind of multi-player game, with sites and rewards hidden across the city.
Brisbane street artist Anthony Lister has been convicted of ‘wilful damage’ graffiti. Who is being harmed, when our legal system is forced to devalue cultural capital?
The “edgy authenticity” of street art makes it an ideal tool for urban planners seeking to attract the new “creative class”.
Unlike most images and text that appear public spaces, this graffiti is intended for the eyes of the same sex.
Graffiti exists in our public spaces, our communities, and our streets – and it has many detractors. Why, though, don’t we spend more time worry about the impact of advertising on public space?
Speaking with: Cameron McAuliffe on graffiti, art and crime
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Is graffiti art or crime? While many cities have adopted tough legal measures to prevent graffiti, they are also beginning to recognise the cultural and economic value of street art.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s announcement of a knighthood for Prince Philip on Australia Day sparked both a mainstream and social media storm. But Abbott’s response to this backlash, when he casually dismissed…
Painting over Banksy’s latest work has proved an embarrassment for the local council responsible. Council officials had to admit that they hadn’t realised the work was by Banksy and, more pertinently…
Banksy is back. Back in the heart of Blighty (deepest Essex to be precise), spraying his musings on our walls. Cue the (now) habitual headlines and opinions. Cue the hysteria. This time, however, things…
Graffiti is sometimes considered a lesser art as it is either produced illegally or just displayed on the streets and therefore outside the official art gallery circuit. Yet graffiti, and street art more…
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Professor of Design History, Swinburne University of Technology
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
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Researcher in the Philosophy of Play, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Criminology/Sociology, University of Glasgow
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Social and Cultural Geographer, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
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Professor of Sociology, Salem State University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
