Graffiti Some Times

Alex Hale

doi:10.48619/indigo.v0i0.700

Alex Hale Historic Environment Scotland, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX Scotland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48619/indigo.v0i0.700

Keywords: between practice and collaboration, graffiti, artefacts, archives, archaeology

Abstract

This keynote address for the goINDIGO 2022 symposium aims to act as an introduction to the exciting complexities that graffiti can present to archaeologists and others who are interested and choose to research this subject. The paper considers graffiti through three lenses: as a subject for archaeological investigation, as artefacts from time past, time now and time as unfolding surfaces; and it asks how should we develop our archival practices in the wake of digital profusion challenges and the 6th extinction event, in the contemporary archaeological timeframe?

Author Biography

Alex Hale, Historic Environment Scotland, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX Scotland

Alex Hale (°1969) is a Senior Heritage Engagement Officer at Historic Environment Scotland and a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He studied Geography and Archaeology at Manchester University in the early 1990s and received his PhD in Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh (2000). In 2000 Alex started working at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland and from 2015, at Historic Environment Scotland. Since 2016, he has manged several research projects that were designed to expand the data held in the National Record for the Historic Environment. This has enabled him to work with graffiti writers and develop contemporary archaeological practices and projects. His research can be found at https://historicenvironment.academia.edu/AlexGCHale.

Graffiti Some Times

Archaeology, Artefacts and Archives

Abstract

Author Biography