Reading the walls of Bogota : graffiti, street art, and the urban imaginary of violence / Alba Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Alba, author.

Contributor:

Griffin, Alba, contribution by.

Series:

Pitt Illuminations Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graffiti--Colombia.

Graffiti.

Street art--Colombia.

Street art.

Violence in art.

Colombia--Bogotá.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]

Summary:

A cultural imaginary is a structuring space through which collective understandings of cultural and society phenomena are formed, reproduced, and accepted as the norm. Reading the Walls of Bogotá uses graffiti and street art to explore the urban imaginaries of violence in Bogotá, Colombia. These artistic forms are produced and received in different ways in different areas of the city and offer an insight into citizens' everyday experiences and perceptions of violence from the political, to the personal, to that of structural inequality. Through graffiti, in which critiques of memory, space, politics, and aesthetics are embedded, artists and their viewers form vernacular theories through which they interpret the world and the spaces they inhabit. By focusing on creative expression, Alba Griffin shows how Bogotá's residents respond to imaginaries of violence, how they critique the norms, how they appropriate space to challenge or negotiate violence, and how they push back against inequality.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Importance of Diego Felipe Becerra

One. Conceptualizing Violence, the Imaginary, and Graffiti and Street Art in Bogotá

Two. The Everydayness of Political Violence: Calle 26 and the Struggle for Memory

Three. The Spatial Politics of Violence: Beautification in Ciudad Bolívar and La Perseverancia

Four. The Politics of Everyday Violence: Aesthetic Hierarchies in La Candelaria

Conclusion

Appendix. Interviews and Focus Groups

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Griffin, Alba Reading the Walls of Bogota

ISBN:

9780822989936

082298993X

OCLC:

1382918601