Essays about: "Malcolm Jacobson"
Found 2 essays containing the words Malcolm Jacobson.
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1. The passionate economy of graffiti and street art : Building social cohesion through art collecting
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This study examines how social cohesion is built through exchange of urban art. Graffiti and street art are treated like dirt and washed away. Unsanctioned art is often perceived as alien to museums and private homes. Despite this, many graffiti and street artists produce art in studios that are sold in galleries as urban art. READ MORE
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2. Getting paid writing graffiti : How graffiti artists produce value within marketing
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In settings such as hotels, bars and boutiques, things like cars, sodas, clothes, and cities, are fueled with the symbolic capital of graffiti. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to understand how graffiti writers, through marketing, increase the value of their work, as well as that of other products, and how this commercialization affects the meaning of graffiti. READ MORE