Take a fresh look at graffiti: even seemingly simple scribbles can hold political and social significance.
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Street art promotes public dialogue on social justice issues and can lead to opportunities for learning outside of formal schooling.
As the Port Talbot Banksy is moved to a new street art museum, the very reason it was created is being ignored.
Graffiti contributes to place-making by creating meaningful or identifiable spaces.
Banksy's legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
Banksy's 'boy in falling snow/pollution' is part of a worldwide movement of artistic activism against environmental problems and climate change.
Unsolicited artwork by the world famous artist can cause big problems for private building owners.
Was it a marketing stunt or a critique of the market itself?
A walk down Melbourne's streets reveals more commercial street art than the spontaneous politics of years past.
In a landmark court decision, graffiti has been ruled to be proper art worthy of recognition and protection.
A judge in New York City just awarded graffiti artists US$6.7 million after a developer whitewashed their murals. On the surface, it seems like a huge victory for street artists. But could it backfire?
Perhaps it is time to return to the belief that graffiti is a political act. Maybe then we can embrace it as an agent for social change.
Guerilla street artist Banksy has livened up the new Basquiat exhibition in London with some choice murals outside. But is it an homage or infringement?
Melbourne's street art has an international reputation and may be a very valuable tourist attraction. But the city remains ambivalent about the activities that have created its 'laneway galleries'.
Some say homelessness creates squalor in our cities. But Hosier Lane — the most Instagrammed spot in Melbourne — thrives partly due to homeless street artists.
When commercial giants want to capitalise on graffiti 'logos', it's time to protect street artists under copyright law.
An exhibition in Melbourne of work by the world's most famous street artist is replete with ironies: from the eerily neat faux London streetscape in which the works hang to the hefty price tag and copious merchandise.
Businesses have traded on graffiti and the air of edginess that draws visitors to Melbourne's laneways. But they draw the line at sharing space with the homeless, whose right to the city is denied.
They're a global phenomenon – but gangs are so varied that they barely merit the same name.
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.
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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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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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Master of Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
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Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Human Geographer, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Salem State University
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Lecturer in Criminology/Sociology, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Principal Lecturer in Cultural Theory / Research and Innovation Lead, School of Art, Design and Fashion, Faculty of Culture and the Creative Industries, University of Central Lancashire
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Lecturer in Tourism and Management, Academic Director (Education Quality and Assurance), Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Sustainable Finance, University of Nottingham Trent & University of Cape Town, Nottingham Trent University
