Study title

Graffiti in Latin America 2005-2007: Photographs

Dataset ID Number

FSD2674

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2674
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2674

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Laine, Nadja (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)

Abstract

The data contain 176 photographs of graffiti taken in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. The graffiti represent political opinions and slogans, political party names, commercial notices, religious messages, philosophical thoughts, election campaigning, symbols and logos etc. Most textual graffiti are in Spanish. In addition to photographs, the data include a pdf index containing information on the country and location of the graffiti, and other contextual information relating to a particular graffiti, as well as list of phrases or words represented by the photographed acronyms.

Data were collected in Central America during December 2005 - January 2006 and in South America during January - April 2007.

Keywords

graffiti; political action; political influence; urban environment; urban spaces; visual arts

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Laine, Nadja (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)

Time Period Covered

2005 – 2007

Collection Dates

2005-12-03 – 2007-04-08

Nation

Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile

Geographical Coverage

Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Object

Universe

Graffiti in selected Latin American countries

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The aim was to photograph graffiti representing different styles in the selected Latin American countries.

Collection Mode

Recording

Research Instrument

Technical instrument(s)

Data Files

176 digital photographs as individual JPG files and a list of the pictures.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Laine, Nadja (University of Tampere): Graffiti in Latin America 2005-2007: Photographs [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2011-08-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2674; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2674

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

The name of the photographer, Nadja Laine, shall be acknowledged in all photographs published and taken from the data.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Laine, Nadja (2009). "Seinät ovat meidän viestintäkanavamme!" Tutkimus Latinalaisen Amerikan graffiteista viestintänä. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto.