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The right to write the city: Lefebvre and graffiti

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Abstract

Modern graffiti has become a universal urban phenomenon, an almost ubiquitous feature of towns and cities across the world. This paper will situate the practice and production of graffiti within various urban contexts (aesthetic, political, economic, social and semiotic) through the seminal works Henri Lefebvre as a means for analysing and understanding the complexity of the modern urban and to contextualize and explore graffiti’s role in challenging and contesting the socio-spatial norms of increasingly privatized and commodified public and social space. That is, to read graffiti as a means for reclaiming and remaking the city as a more humane and just, social space. Key Words Lefebvre, Space, Graffiti, Right to the City, Urban.

Acceptance Date Oct 19, 2016
Publication Date Nov 22, 2016
Journal Environnement Urbain / Urban Environment
Print ISSN 1916-4645
DOI https://doi.org/10.7202/1040597ar
Keywords Lefebvre; Space; Graffiti; Right to the City: Urban
Publisher URL http://eue.revues.org/1421

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