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'Different folks, different strokes': goINDIGO 2022's «Creators vs Academics» discussion round

During the first discussion round of goINDIGO 2022, which took place on Thursday, 12 May and was called Creators vs Academics, four local graffiti creators were invited to consider a series of (potentially provocative) statements in discussion with …

'Imagine being a racist': goINDIGO 2022's «Ethics & legality in graffiti (research)» discussion round

During the second discussion round of goINDIGO 2022, which took place on Friday, 13 May and was called Ethics & legality in graffiti (research), three out of many invited graffiti creators joined a discussion on (potentially provocative) statements …

Facing a chameleon—How project INDIGO discovers and records new graffiti

Graffiti are studied by, amongst many others, archaeologists, sociologists, (art) historians, linguists, ethnographers, architects, anthropologists, librarian scientists, geographers, criminologists, conservators, lawyers and architects. Although …

Finding listeners for walls that speak

Colourful and quickly changing: graffiti can be considered the chameleon skin of any urban landscape (Curtis, 2005). Two millennia ago, people were already writing their thoughts on the urban surfaces of Greek Aphrodisias in present-day Turkey …

Graffiti-Dokumentation: Projekt INDIGO

Kurzlebig und doch allgegenwärtig, bewundert und gehasst, legal und illegal: Graffiti sind polarisierend. Manche sehen in Graffiti schützenswertes kulturelles Erbe, andere Vandalis-mus. Graffiti sind Teil des öffentlichen Raums und damit Teil unseres …

How much rain is too much for a GPR survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project

Soil moisture variation is complex and depends on a range of factors, which complicates the formulation of recommendations for GPR surveys. Low amounts of soil moisture produced GPR data of higher quality. However, precipitation rates as well as …

Making a mark—Towards a graffiti thesaurus

What does it mean to create graffiti? What exactly is (or are) graffiti? Graffiti and street art differ, right? Almost everyone has an opinion on what constitutes (modern) graffiti. Consequently, the term has taken on the most varied meanings in the …

Towards colour-accurate documentation of anonymous expressions

Colour is a powerful communication element in most forms of cultural heritage. This importance of colour notwithstanding, the documentation of cultural heritage typically captures the geometrical aspects and seldom the spectral dimensions of an …

Urban creativity meets engineering. Automated graffiti mapping along Vienna's Donaukanal

Graffiti are polarising. Some consider them vandalism, others part of our cultural heritage. If we consider graffiti to be part of our cultural heritage, we should also treat them as such. However, long-term and detailed graffiti documentation …

A New Light on the Central Instrument of the Samarqand Observatory