ABSTRACT

Graffiti is an important theme for our understanding of subcultural urban space and the ‘shadows’ of the city. This paper examines their spatial concentration in Holešovice district of the Czech capital Prague. Four theories have been used to explain the spatiality of graffiti: territorial markers, broken window, spot theory, and political symbolic space. While the first three theories all explain the spatial distribution of graffiti, they are each limited when applied to political graffiti. Conversely, the theory of political symbolic space, based on David Harvey’s relative space and Henri Lefebvre’s representational space, helps explain the concentration of political graffiti.

摘要

涂鸦是我们理解亚文化城市空间和城市“影子”的重要主题。本文考察了他们在捷克首都布拉格 Holešovice 区的空间集中度。四种理论被用来解释涂鸦的空间性：领土标记、破窗、斑点理论和政治象征空间。虽然前三个理论都解释了涂鸦的空间分布，但它们在应用于政治涂鸦时都存在局限性。相反，基于大卫哈维的相对空间和亨利列斐伏尔的表征空间的政治符号空间理论有助于解释政治涂鸦的集中。