Dr John Lennon delivered lecture on the art of graffiti in conflict zones
Photo: Pablo Meirelles da Rosa/AAII
Professor John Lennon, from the University of South Florida (USF), came to PUCRS on Sep 4. He delivered a lecture on the art of graffiti in conflict zones. His presentation drew insights from his most recent investigation “Conflict Graffiti: graffiti in areas of war, environmental disasters and social uprisings”, for which he visited countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Israel and the Palestine, as well as Switzerland, Germany and US cities.
Dr Lennon visited the Office of International Institutional Affairs (AAII), the Main Library, the Science and Technology Park (Tecnopuc), the Center for Documentation and Cultural Memory (Delfos), Lexis – Language Center and met with Graduate-level Social Sciences and History professors and students.
John Lennon holds a PhD in Philosophy from Lehigh University and teaches 20th Century US literature and cinema with a cultural studies orientation at USF. His research addresses the political voice of marginalized individuals in collective actions.
