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    In our small region of Scioto County‚ graffiti is often found everywhere. Usually‚ it is gang names‚ and words that are tattooed on walls or on the side of trains‚ that is if you don’t count the astonishing murals painted up on the flood walls. Other places‚ however‚ have graffiti that looks as if it belongs in an art museum. The city of Berlin has hundreds of of there beautiful masterpieces. It began when the wall in Berlin fell during the Cold War‚ and the creativity and chaos broke out with the

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    The following scenario starts off with a young male by the name of Little Tommy Terror. Little Tommy Terror is an eight-year-old male who enjoys creating graffiti art while Mr. Jones is a retired older gentleman who would prefer a clean neighborhood. One-day Mr. Jones views graffiti displayed on a block wall and as he looks around he notices Little Tommy Terror walking past the area with a can of spray paint. Mr. Jones assumed Little Tommy Terror committed the crime

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    rights as humans. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp and is allegorical of apartheid in South Africa‚ relating directly to colonial times and therefore post-colonialism. It also touches upon key components of the post-colonial concept such as hegemony‚ othering‚ colonialism‚ cultural dominance‚ marginilisation‚ stereotyping‚ cultural assumptions‚ essentialism‚ ethnocentrism‚ Diaspora and subaltern voice. Through the directors demonstration of these issues it becomes extremely obvious that District

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    For example‚ masculinity that finds itself oppressed by the ideologies and mechanisms of hegemony‚ such as homosexuality is to heterosexuality – can be said to be subordinated; those who can draw ‘dividends’ of privilege and entitlement from hegemonic masculinity even though they may not occupy its social space are said to be complicit; and finally

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    in order to expand their empires and accumulate properties‚ many successful emperors or leaders usually conquered other places through strong military forces. Someone then concludes that “the most successful ancient empires were able to maintain hegemony over conquered peoples with little or no thought to anything besides military power.” However‚ a successful emperor‚ such as Alexander the Great‚ Ashoka‚ and Han Wudi‚ did not gain the political control of the conquered regions through military force

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    particularly through their unique style of street art. Two well known street artists that have done precisely that are Banksy and SOLVE. Both artists have outreached their thoughts and views to be the new voice of the people. Banksy is an English graffiti artist whose identity and personal information remains anonymous‚ this also contributes to his popularity factor. At first he utilized stencils‚ spray paint and roller paint as elements of his pieces. (Wikipedia‚ 2009) By using the walls of public

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    to another city‚ such as Brisbane‚ Australia‚ where the assault rate in 2014 was 371 per 100 000 (Queensland Police Service‚ 2016). When interpreting this data using the “Broken Windows” theory‚ a trend appears. There is a significant presence of graffiti throughout Wyoming Street in Detroit (Appendix 1‚ 2‚ 5) as well as obvious dumped rubbish‚ abandoned cars and derelict buildings (Appendix 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6). The “Broken Windows” theory suggests that neighbourhoods where such visible signs of physical

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    there are. Like‚ oil pastel‚ chalk pastel‚ water colors‚ acrylic‚ water based‚ oil based‚ fabric painting‚ canvas painting‚ and finally glass painting to name a few. I know you don’t want to hear it but graffiti is also considered an art form. Don’t tell my children that they are already doing graffiti on my walls but no harm in it they are toddlers so they are forgiven. Moving on‚ we also have drawing as an art form which consists of color pencil‚ sketches‚ chalk‚ and charcoal. They may include such

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    Figures -Black Madonna -Madame CJ Walker -George E Johnson -Angela Davis III. Evolution/ Different types -Shaved heads -Naps -Cornrows -Pressed/Hot Comb -Relaxer/Perm -Weaves/ Wigs -Afros -Natural IV. Cultural Perception -Cultural Hegemony -“Good Hair” -Society’s perfect hairstyle -Ideal Image V. Conclusion -Historical Influences -Evolution -Cultural Perception -Good Hair v. Bad Hair -American Influence “This was my first really big step toward self-degradation: when I

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    Cited: “Albert Einstein Quotes.” Think Exist. ThinkExist‚ n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. . American Graffiti. Dir. George Lucas. 1973. Universal Pictures. DVD. Bondi‚ Victor. “Film Auteurs.” American Decades 1970-1979. Ed. Victor Bondi and Jim Zrimsek. Detroit: Gale‚ 2009. 59-63. Print. Craft‚ Dan‚ and Ryan Super. “Digital Domain.” The Pantagraph [Bloomington

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