Graffiti/Cultural stuff

Question 1

Castleman, Graffiti

Answer 1

Article about history of graffiti

• Lots of money spent on cleaning/criminalizing graffiti
• lack of resources is the bigger problem, graffiti is a scapegoat

Question 2

George, Speak the Truth

Answer 2

“founding fathers” speaking the truth

• as narratives cohere, some things get left out. You come in with a certain perspective
• some perspectives are missing
• goes over who was doing what when (unimportant)

Question 3

Chang, Zulus

Answer 3

Article about cultural-economic clash/shift

• youth culture turns into mainstream commodity
• lots of cultures were converging around hip hop (uptown/downtown, white/black)