Dates and Times
05 September 2024
12:30 - 13:30
Event for
Location
Organiser
Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR), Faculty of Arts and Design
Speakers
Dr Ursula K. Frederick
Enquiry
Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR)
Event about:
Culture and Creativity Seminar – Graffiti, Heritage and Vernacular Place-Making
Speaker: Dr. Ursula K. Frederick
Date\Time: Thursday 5 September 2024, 12.30-1:30pm
Location: Building 1 Level A Room 1A21, University of Canberra (NB Room 1a21 is accessed from the foyer joining Building 1 and Mizzuna café);
or Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99670794725
Abstract
Graffiti occupies a contested space within contemporary society despite the fact that informal and illicit mark-making practices have an ancient legacy. In this seminar, I will be considering graffiti as an activity and as a material trace in the context of cultural heritage and as a form of twenty-first century archaeology. My focus will be on introducing an expanded concept of graffiti, with the purpose of moving discussion beyond the ‘creative or criminal’ binary that has dominated graffiti discourse. Through a series of case studies, I will highlight the capacity of unauthorised and everyday marking activities to make and transform place, enable the public expression of emotion and raise important questions about how we assign value.
All are welcome!
Bio
Dr Ursula K. Frederick is a creative practice researcher, archaeologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra. Ursula is CI on the ARC-funded project ‘Archives in Bark’ project, a study of culturally modified boab trees in the Kimberley. One of Ursula’s key research interests concerns how people (past and present) express their relationships to identity, culture, place and time through inscription and mark-making practices (including rock art, carved trees and graffiti). Ursula regularly exhibits her own artwork and publishes in a variety of scholarly and public forums.
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