This photo was taken in San Fernando city, Trinidad. Graffiti is common in urban areas, from my experience in the city there is not much in San Fernando however this writing on an abandoned building in San Fernando was very interesting to me. Who was it written by? and why? It could be a homeless person or a the low income residents in the city expressing their struggles and need for help.
I would consider this aspect of urban culture as immaterial culture according to Hall and Barrett (2012: 176). Immaterial culture represent the more invisible cultural groups in the city it is opposite to the material cultures which are more reflected by the wealthy groups in the city. These differences are linked to the difference in power between the groups in the city.
The following link shows an article representing the power struggle in between the poor and government in San Fernando:
http://guardian.co.tt/columnist/2013-01-06/carlton-lane-story
I like the photo -- It leads to the question: what is graffiti?
ReplyDeleteI don't like that all of your references are coming from a single chapter of your text -- I hope you might consider branching out and doing a little research to support this. Otherwise, use different chapters of your text to help you make sense of things -- triangulate your theory and analysis!