NaijaTalkTalk- NiCraft Graffiti Block- Painting Without Permission: An Ethnographic Study of Hip-Hop Grafitti Culture

NiCraft Graffiti Block-

Indoor Graffiti | Although I prefer graffiti created without permission, often the results of commissioned artworks are just awesome, as a lot of skilled writers.


The latest dope stuff I stumbled upon are the fantastic graffiti toilets by Deck2. Somebody awarded him a contract to redesign some toilets (for gents and ladies) and, although I have a foible for all the drippy tagged toilets (which can be found all over the world), I have to say that he did a good job! I can imagine that after having some beer and gatecrashing into these graffiti toilets you are totally flashed for some moments…

This study of hip-hop graffiti employed ethno-graphnic methods of participant observation and interviewing. The themes that emerged concerned issues of public space, community and dialogue. Part one forms the foundation to understand how individual participants deviate from or conform to traditional hip-hop grafitti culture. Part two outlines how the attitudes and social activities of the participants reflect old and new schools of thought. The voices of hip-hop graffiti members are woven throughout the text. Although participants varied in their allegiance to traditional hip-hop graffiti, they shared a sense of belonging to a community that did not threaten autonomy. Many conclusions were reached as implications for education, mainly the need for structures outside of institutions for adolescents to take ownership over learning, to mentor and learn with peers. Graffiti culture gives adolescents a sense of power in a society that does not take them seriously until they become adults.