An Urban White Noise or Young People Waging Peace: Place-making and Memory-making Through Street Art in Colombia

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Brief Overview

Labeling street art as vandalism ignores its motive,and meanings.For young people who are unable to engage in politics,it is place-making.Painting all over Bogotá,young artists are actively engaging in peacebuilding by visually claiming their space.

Author

• Ayça Kiriş, Kent State University at Kent