The social-political street art as a post-folklore component of the urban landscape: a case study of “the Shchotkina’s wall” in Minsk Cover Image

Сацыяльна-палiтычны стрыт-арт як постфольклорны кампанент гарадскога ландшафту (кейс “сцяны Шчоткiнай” у Мiнску)
The social-political street art as a post-folklore component of the urban landscape: a case study of “the Shchotkina’s wall” in Minsk

Author(s): Tatsiana Marmysh
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: post-folklore; graffiti; street art; city; wall; Minsk

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to a symbolic creation of the Shchotkina’s wall on the city map. This event has become one of the most notable among the events of Minsk street art in recent years. The wall is an element of a new topography of the city. It demonstrates a post-folklore character through writing objects, anonymity, variability, syncretism, social orientation and temporality of graffiti. The wall is described as a place for communicative game of the voice of the people. It is a symbol of censorship of public space and humorous site of memory.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 417-431
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Belarusian