Highlights•Powerful protest symbols condense multiple meanings and feelings of a
group.•Symbols create solidarity among the group and motivate protest action.•Social …

The last decades have seen the ideological transformations of graffiti and street art once
constructed as criminal acts and associated with urban decay to being acceptable and …

This theoretically and empirically grounded book uses case studies of political graffiti in the
post-socialist Balkans and Central Europe to explore the use of graffiti as a subversive …

This article examines how neighbourhood communality emerges and is restricted by a
range of conditions, a topic that has received increasing attention in current research yet …

The wave of uprisings known as the “Arab Spring” that swept over the Middle East and North
Africa from December 2010 to early 2013 left its imprint on the political and social life in the …

The Faro Convention emphasizes the link between cultural heritage and place-related
identity, highlighting their role in fostering environmental and community belonging. Urban …

disciplinary perspectives and diverse theories on art's dialectical and evolving relationship
with urban regeneration processes. It engages in the accumulated discussions on art's role …

This article examines the grassroots artistic initiative al-Fann Midan (Art is a City Square) in
Cairo and a contrasting approach to street art organizing in Alexandria to demonstrate how …

The development of contentious collective action in Egypt has encouraged the emergence
of new spaces of protest, but also the development of new strategies of opposition. This …

In this paper we discuss our endeavours and experiences in the field of graffiti and street art
research (GSAR) in the form of a dialogue. We reflect on planning and engaging with GSAR …