Cidades que falam: inscrições urbanas enquanto forma de comunicação e pertencimento - uma etnografia sobre o pixo e o graffiti em Caxias do Sul

Abstract

The present research has as main objective to understand the urban art as a form of communication in Caxias do Sul/RS. To this end, the established research problem questioned the way in which groups of graffiti artists and pixadores produce and use the images and symbols in the urban space to communicate. The ethnographic method, derived from anthropology, was chosen for the development of the research. Fieldworks allowed direct contact with urban artists, graffiti artists and pixadores from Caxias do Sul, the creation of a field diary and the photographs that aided in the narrative. The theoretical reference is transdisciplinary and helps in the understanding of cities as a support, in the historical rescue of the movement, as well as in the legitimation of graffiti and pixação as a form of expression. The analysis of the inscriptions in the media and in the digital scope allowed the understanding of the same ones beyond the walls. As a result of the research, it is possible to see urban art as one of the forms of expression of our time, carrying the feeling of belonging to the city and going against the walls existing in urban centers (sic).