Political Graffiti in Critical Times

Ricardo Campos is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences (CICSNova, Nova FCSH), Portugal. His books include Transglobal Sounds: Music, Identity and Migrant Descendants.

“This compelling, timely volume makes a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on graffiti and wall art and does so in a way that puts such scholarship in critical conversation with geography, urban studies, sociology, political theory, and social movements research. An engaging and important book—highly recommended.” • Jeff Ferrell, author of Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality.“An interesting contextualization of street art and graffiti. It nicely frames ‘crisis’ as a condition that creates space for the production of street art and graffiti and provides motivation for their production but can also bring about a more authoritarian reaction. The conceptual framing is strong, and the diversity of topics is a primary contribution to that strength.” • Tyson Mitman, York St John University

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Political Graffiti in Critical Times
Andrea Pavoni, Yannis Zaimakis and Ricardo CamposPART I: STREET ACTIVISM AND VISUAL PROTEST IN CONTEMPORARY CITIESChapter 1. A Periegesis through the Greek Crisis in Five Graffiti Acts: Cartographic and Photographic Dialogues
Konstantinos Avramidis and Myrto TsilimpounidiChapter 2. 'Whatever I Can Do to Put Those People in Jail': Crisis Turns Spanish Artists to Street Activism
Jonna TolonenChapter 3. Walls of Resistance in Critical Times: A Reflection on Political Graffiti and Visual Protest in Southern Europe and Latin AmericaYiannis Zaimakis and Leonidas OikonomakisChapter 4. Between the Workshop and the Streets: Graphic Activism and the Student Movement in Chile (2008–2018)
Javiera Manzi, Matías Marambio, Isidro Parraguez, María YaksicChapter 5. Anti-Trump Graffiti and Street Art: A Case Study of Washington, DCJeffrey Ian RossChapter 6. Vandalising the CommonsAndrea PavoniPART II: SOCIO-CULTURAL DIVISIONS AND ANTI-GENTRIFICATION PROTESTSChapter 7. Berlin Political Crises, Street Art and Graffiti from 1945 to 2019Betty A. Dobratz and Lisa K. WaldnerChapter 8. Writing in a City in Crisis: Stencil Graffiti in the Old Town of Nicosia
Pafsanias KarathanasisChapter 9. Le Charme Discret de L’Anomie: Contested Spaces and Surfaces in Via Zamboni, BolognaAnna Giulia Della PuppaPART III: POLITICAL TURMOIL AND REGIME TRANSFORMATIONChapter 10. ‘25th April Always, Fascism Never Again’: The Post-revolution Murals in PortugalCláudia Madeira, Cristina Pratas Cruzeiro and Ricardo CamposChapter 11. Street Art in East Timor: Creative (Re)Constructions of Identity in Times of CrisisCatherine C. ArthurChapter 12. Reigniting the Revolution: An Interview with Abu Malek Al-ShamiHend Alawadhi and Julia TulkeAfterword: A Public Crisis / A Crisis of Publicness: Political Graffiti in the Post-coronavirus AgeRafael SchacterIndex