Editorial

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48619/egi.v1i1.A1278

Abstract

This inaugural issue of EGI – Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography marks the beginning of a journal dedicated to the study of writing, marking, and visual inscription across time, media, and cultural contexts. The journal emerges from a shared concern with how signs are produced, experienced, and interpreted in relation to space, materiality, and social practice. As a first issue, it sets out both the intellectual scope of the journal and its commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue between epigraphy, graffiti studies, art history, archaeology, visual culture, and writing theory.

The issue is inspired by the panel “Graffiti, heritage and context: the act and significance of writing”, organized by Professor Philippa Steele (Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge) within the Urban Creativity Conference. 

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Author Biography

Pedro Soares Neves

Pedro Soares Neves (PhD), 1976, Lisbon. Multidisciplinary and post graduate academic training in design and architecture (Barcelona and Rome), and Lisbon University scholar. Specialized in participatory methodologies and informal visual signs in public space (eg, Graffiti and Street Art). Lecturer and urban designer / consultant at metropolitan and city scale (eg, project CRONO), co-responsible for adapting to Lisbon's exhibition "The Street Belongs to all of us" (IVM, Françoise Asher) and winner of the first prize for the “No Rules Great Spot” Oporto. Co creator and professor of “Non commissioned Public Art” workshop and scholar in Science and Technology Management in Faculty of Fine Arts University of Lisbon. Founder of the AP2 (Portuguese chapter of IAP2, International Association for Public Participation), APAURB (Portuguese Urban Art association), and of the Lisbon Urban Creativity Conference and ongoing associated International Research Topic (urbancreativity.org). Editor of the Urban Creativity Scientific Journals (journals.ap2) among other books.

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Published

2025-12-18

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Graffiti, heritage and context: the act and significance of writing

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Articles