CUL233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bell Hooks, Rein, Samo

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Critical and Cultural Studies
• Course: CUL233
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Today: how is graffiti implicated in the politics of public and corporate space, what do we mean when we say politics of public and corporate, look at the relationship between public space and corporate spaces . Poses questions as to how graffiti configures in relationship between these spaces. Stencil graffiti: stencil graffiti a key style of graffiti (can see it in sydney, really long history to dawn of civilisation rock hangings in australia, Latin america etc used to spread political propaganda: key styles, importance of space to graffiti, can also argue that graffiti surprises us as it turns space into place. Public space to place of protest: marks particular identities and cultures, graffiti is predicated on marking a space and turning it, through graffiti, into your place, it is tactical. Young 2002: has political dimensions; brings into contention the idea of private and corporate space.