On the body and the skin of the city: reading shame and violence through “programmatic marking” on the surfaces of Athens’ urban landscape

This chapter examines James Gilligan’s shame/violence model as a tool for interpreting unauthorised marking of public space with the use of graffiti, tags, stencils etc. Based on recent literature that has highlighted the rich, multifaceted, performative aspects of the graffiti made by underground s...

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Authors: Kritikos, Christos-Georgios (Author) ; Tsiampaos, Kōstas (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Interdisciplinary applications of shame/violence theory
Year: 2022, Pages: 199-221
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