THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL |
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| Authors: | DAVID G LINDSEY ROBIN A KEARNS |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Auckland, Auckland |
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| Abstract: | Graffiti can be a marker of territory. Youthful grafffiti writers in Auckland have adopted ‘tagging’, a form of graffiti writing linked to the Americanisation of popular culture in New Zealand. Regularities in the presence of ‘tags’ are documented through field observation in suburban and central city locations and related to the daily activities of the taggers. Self-proclamation, not the marking out of turf appears to underlie the territorial dimensions of graffiti in Auckland's urban space. |
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