Annotated Bibliography On Graffiti
Graffiti: Activist Vandalism
For generations graffiti has been appearing in streets across the world. Drawings, tags, statements painted across cities. Though sometimes called street art, there has been a long debate between scholars, policy makers, and artists about the status of such graffiti. Is it vandalism or art and what causes it. Most cities have laws against graffiti because it is considered vandalism and it harms the community. Today many formal artists use graffiti styles in their pieces and are praised for their urban style while many would call street graffiti tacky or ugly. The question is What makes these two areas different, why is one praised and the other condemned.
Abel, Ernest L., Barbara E. Buckley. The Handwriting on …show more content…
"Graffiti." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Ray Hutchinson, Sage Publications, 1st edition, 2009. Credo Reference, http://lyco2.lycoming.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sageurban/graffiti/0?institutionId=5195. Accessed 10 Oct 2017.
This article breaks down the historical evolution, prevention method, and the stance of graffiti as art, as well as the voice to artists in the discussion. Iveson defines and discusses the idea of graffiti in both a historical and modern context. This source provides some bias towards graffiti and against the prevention methods targeting graffiti artists. This source provides examples and references to the changing prevention methods used to deter graffiti artists. For these reasons I will likely use this in my paper to define Graffiti and explore the methods of prevention historically used.
Lewisohn, Cedar. Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution, Abrams, …show more content…
The chapters I would likely focus on are about the politics of street art and the contrast between museums and outlaws when it comes to street art. These chapter provide a great deal of insight for both sides of the argument. Because of the focus on individual artists there is room for the comparison between artist and vandal in the sense of graffiti. For this reason, I will likely use this source in my final essay.
Welsh, Brandon C., et al. "Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, vol. 52, no. 4, July 2015, pp. 447-463. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0022427815581399.
Welsh explores the founding principle that tiny amounts of degradation in neighborhoods will soon lead to an increase in crime. He also acknowledges the faults in this theory. The main point of the article is the legal actions taken to prevent the broken widow situation from occurring. This article has useful information regarding small crimes and how they are handled by laws. While this source is not specifically about graffiti it provides an explanation of the kind of thinking that leads to the outlawing of graffiti.
Wypijewski, JoAnn. "A Message to You, Rudy." Mother Jones, vol. 32, no. 3, May/Jun2007, pp. 26-29. lyco2.lycoming.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=24733133&site=eds-live&scope=site.
For generations graffiti has been appearing in streets across the world. Drawings, tags, statements painted across cities. Though sometimes called street art, there has been a long debate between scholars, policy makers, and artists about the status of such graffiti. Is it vandalism or art and what causes it. Most cities have laws against graffiti because it is considered vandalism and it harms the community. Today many formal artists use graffiti styles in their pieces and are praised for their urban style while many would call street graffiti tacky or ugly. The question is What makes these two areas different, why is one praised and the other condemned.
Abel, Ernest L., Barbara E. Buckley. The Handwriting on …show more content…
"Graffiti." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Ray Hutchinson, Sage Publications, 1st edition, 2009. Credo Reference, http://lyco2.lycoming.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sageurban/graffiti/0?institutionId=5195. Accessed 10 Oct 2017.
This article breaks down the historical evolution, prevention method, and the stance of graffiti as art, as well as the voice to artists in the discussion. Iveson defines and discusses the idea of graffiti in both a historical and modern context. This source provides some bias towards graffiti and against the prevention methods targeting graffiti artists. This source provides examples and references to the changing prevention methods used to deter graffiti artists. For these reasons I will likely use this in my paper to define Graffiti and explore the methods of prevention historically used.
Lewisohn, Cedar. Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution, Abrams, …show more content…
The chapters I would likely focus on are about the politics of street art and the contrast between museums and outlaws when it comes to street art. These chapter provide a great deal of insight for both sides of the argument. Because of the focus on individual artists there is room for the comparison between artist and vandal in the sense of graffiti. For this reason, I will likely use this source in my final essay.
Welsh, Brandon C., et al. "Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, vol. 52, no. 4, July 2015, pp. 447-463. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0022427815581399.
Welsh explores the founding principle that tiny amounts of degradation in neighborhoods will soon lead to an increase in crime. He also acknowledges the faults in this theory. The main point of the article is the legal actions taken to prevent the broken widow situation from occurring. This article has useful information regarding small crimes and how they are handled by laws. While this source is not specifically about graffiti it provides an explanation of the kind of thinking that leads to the outlawing of graffiti.
Wypijewski, JoAnn. "A Message to You, Rudy." Mother Jones, vol. 32, no. 3, May/Jun2007, pp. 26-29. lyco2.lycoming.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=24733133&site=eds-live&scope=site.