Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
Tagging and Graffiti - Victoria University of Wellington
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<strong>Tagging</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Graffiti</strong>: attitudes <strong>and</strong> experiences <strong>of</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong>ers<br />
Fences, big walls, plain white walls lures them to it (Focus group participant)<br />
The train station; that is just hit on top <strong>of</strong> hit on top <strong>of</strong> hit (Focus group participant)<br />
In the city … alleyways, fences, shops. On my walls (laughter) (Focus group<br />
participant)<br />
Cars, buses, government property (Focus group participant).<br />
Table 7 shows that respondents’ participation in different forms <strong>of</strong> graffiti varied by gender,<br />
age, ethnicity <strong>and</strong> whether they were involved in graffiti <strong>of</strong> any form. Although there was<br />
variation in the extent <strong>of</strong> participation, respondents who engaged in some form <strong>of</strong> graffiti<br />
were most likely to identify their activity as ‘graffiti art’. Males reported that they engaged in<br />
different types <strong>of</strong> graffiti at a greater rate than females, although graffiti art was the biggest<br />
category selected by those who participated <strong>of</strong> both genders. Of those who have written<br />
graffiti 34.9 per cent reported that they had done ‘graffiti art’; those who had ‘sometimes’<br />
participated also selected this category above the others, as 33.3 per cent chose it.<br />
Exceptions to this trend were the youngest age cohort (under 14 years) who were more likely<br />
to have tagged (50.0 per cent) or done stylised writing (25.1 per cent) (although the very<br />
small numbers in these groups means considerable caution is required), Māori (who were<br />
more likely to have tagged, at 41.5 per cent, than have done graffiti art) <strong>and</strong> Pacific peoples<br />
(who were more likely to have done stylised writing). These latter findings reflect the<br />
apparent differentials in involvement in tagging <strong>and</strong> graffiti across ethnic groups that were<br />
indicated in Table 5.<br />
Table 7: Type <strong>of</strong> graffiti (number <strong>and</strong> percentages)<br />
Stylised<br />
writing<br />
V<strong>and</strong>alism <strong>Graffiti</strong> art <strong>Tagging</strong> Political<br />
expression<br />
None <strong>of</strong><br />
these<br />
N % N % N % N % N % N %<br />
All 25 14.9 8 4.8 73 43.5 49 29.2 13 7.7 20 11.9<br />
Males 19 16.1 6 5.1 46 39.0 37 31.4 10 8.5 14 11.9<br />
Females 6 12.0 2 4.0 27 54.0 12 24.0 3 6.0 6 12.0<br />
Under 14 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 1 25.0<br />
14-16 5 8.9 2 3.6 27 48.2 21 37.5 1 1.8 4 7.1<br />
17-19 10 16.1 3 4.8 25 40.3 20 32.3 4 6.5 9 14.5<br />
20-21 2 22.2 0 0.0 4 44.4 2 22.2 1 11.1 0 0.0<br />
22-23 1 9.1 2 18.2 5 45.5 1 9.1 2 18.2 1 9.1<br />
24-25 1 14.3 0 0.0 2 28.6 1 14.3 2 28.6 1 14.3<br />
25+ 4 30.8 0 0.0 5 38.5 1 7.7 1 7.7 2 15.4<br />
30+ 1 9.1 1 9.1 4 36.4 1 9.1 2 18.2 2 18.2<br />
40+ 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0<br />
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