Consumption of Everyday Urban Culture

Image of Honors student, Robert Kirk. Presented during Spring 2021 Symposium on Graffiti

Consumption of Everyday Urban Culture:

An Exploration into Public Perceptions of Graffiti and Street Art

March 17, 2021  

Student: Robert Kirk   Major: Exercise Physiology

My goal was to explore the relationships between space and power in everyday urban life through the mediums of graffiti (ex. tagging without permission) and street art (ex. commissioned murals). I conducted a survey to gain information on public perceptions of graffiti and street art, and I did a literature review to analyze these perceptions in respect to space and power relationships. Ultimately, I discovered that the relationship between graffiti and street art exposes a constant power struggle present in everyday urban spaces, more specifically, power struggles generated by using the neoliberal approach of gentrification as a tool for urban redevelopment.


POWERPOINT PRESENTATION 

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Image of PowerPoint slide on Graffiti from Robert Kirk's Spring 2021 Symposium "Everyday Life" panel discussion presentation on Graffiti and Street Art. Slide contains definition of graffiti as "any art done on public or private property without permission. Lists types of graffiti including spray graffiti, scratch graffiti and mention of "tagging." 3 black and white images of inner city graffiti. Link to full PowerPoint presentation given on March 17, 2021.


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