Parisian graffiti announces its colors as soon as any traveler arrives to the city; from the highway to the railroads—both allowing anybody to reach the city-center—all are saturated by names. The large monotonous letters that these walls hold have often faded from their initial…
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This dissertation includes three journal-length articles and an overall introduction and conclusion, totaling five chapters. Two articles were published in academic journals, Sociology Compass (Chapter 2) and Homicide Studies (Chapter 3). The third article will be submitted to a…
This doctoral thesis consisted of a cultural-rhetorical-cognitive approach to the work of the English street artist Banksy and in particular of his graffiti. By examining the aesthetics and function of Banksy’s graffiti in both street and contemporary art, this study has shown t…
The 2010-2011 Jasmine Revolution brought many Tunisians who had lived their entire lives under authoritarian regime out onto the streets for the first time in protest. Tunisians of all ages and social backgrounds participated, demanding the ousting of then-dictator Zine el Abidi…
This thesis explores some of the ways in which Egyptian men and women changed certain aspects of their reality through collective actions in public spaces during and after the 2011 Revolution. This thesis argues that the power of collective action which Egyptian men and women su…
Extant literature on the Palestinian-Israeli separation wall privileges the wall's function in border-making, while ignoring other discursive and spacial functions it fulfills. My thesis reaches beyond the border-making function of the wall, resituating it as a node among differ…
Modern graffiti is an ever-present part of urban space. It has become globalized and has adapted to different environments and social contexts. Today in Beirut, Lebanon a phenomenal street art movement is infiltrating public space. This particular movement questions the common u…
Ahistoric is an absurdist game that merges the characters, art, and locations of revolutions and revolts from different places and times. The game world is a fractured urban landscape that takes place in time as much as in space, drawing from cultures and conflicts from Occupy a…
The Vernacular Discourse of the "Arab Spring" is a project that bridges the divide between the East and the West by offering new readings to Arab subjectivities. Through an analysis of the "Arab Spring" through the lens of vernacular discourse, it challenges the Euro-Americo-cen…
Through the process of re-framing, re-sampling, and visually cropping, I explore post-vandalism, graffiti art and visual histories embedded in the ethos of surface. The multi-layered surfaces of my paintings reference the tension between the construction and deconstruction of fo…
This thesis aims to discern the appeal and the experience one could find at the purpose-built brothel in Pompeii. While we know certain aspects of Roman prostitution like the range of prices and different vocabulary terms for the word “prostitute”, my passion and curiosity for R…