CONTENTS

Eva Youkhana / Larissa Förster

Introduction 7

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Martin Langner
Ancient Street Signs, Posters, and Graffiti. Walls as Means
of Urban Communication in Pompeii and Beyond 21
Christiane Clados
Pre-Hispanic Graffiti and Social Organization in Peru 55
Sascha Schierz
Governing Graffiti NYC Style. Zum Ort von Graffiti
in der kriminalpolitischen Ordnung der Dinge 85

FOCUS ON THE AMERICAS

Tereza Ventura
Graffiti Practices in Rio de Janeiro and Berlin.
A Comparative Perspective 121
Teobaldo Lagos Preller
Fall of Presence(s). The Art Projects ¡Ay, Sudamérica!
and ‘Poem Rain’ 141
Sofía Carillo / Joaquín Barriendos
Stencil Ixtlilxóchitl. Demián Flores, La Curtiduría,
and the Visual Guerilla in Oaxaca 171
Olaf Kaltmeier
Urban Cultural Politics of Graffiti. City-Marketing,
Protests, and the Arts in the Production of Urban Imaginaries
in Vancouver and Oaxaca 193

GENTRIFICATION AND COMMERCIALIzATION

Javier Abarca
Graffiti, Street Art, and Gentrification 221
Allan Gretzki
Graffiti, Street Art und Culture Jamming zwischen urbanem
Protest und Kommerzialisierung 235
Mona Abaza
Graffiti and the Reshaping of the Public Space in Cairo.
Tensions between Political Struggles and Commercialization 267
Mona Abaza and Soraya Morayef
Interview on the Graffiti Scene in Cairo 295

English summaries of German contributions 307

Contributors 311