In Praise and Defense of Graffiti: A Functional Review of Graffiti Literature

• Main Author: Castillo, Harvey James G
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: graffiti; graffiti literature; graffiti studies; latrinalia; latrinalia studies; Art and Design; Arts and Humanities; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/114; https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/9457/8357
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The study of graffiti and/or latrinalia (graffiti on restroom/latrine walls) and the overall discipline of Graffiti Studies is relatively inchoate in the Philippines. An extensive review of literature shows that despite the abundance of graffiti and latrinalia in their many manifestations in our liv...