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Aurora Volume 90, Joslyn Williamson (Editor)
Aurora Volume 90, Joslyn Williamson (Editor)
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College formerly located at Olivet, Illinois and known as Olivet University (1912-1923) Olivet College (1923-1939), Olivet Nazarene College (1940-1986), and Olivet Nazarene University (1986-Present).
Scratching Protest: A Study Of Graffiti As Communication In Universities In Thailand, Sirach Lapyai
Scratching Protest: A Study Of Graffiti As Communication In Universities In Thailand, Sirach Lapyai
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study examines the production of campus graffiti as an alternative communication channel and opportunity for Thai students in three universities in three different parts in Thailand. The writing of graffiti is deemed an illegal activity in Thailand, which makes its prevalence on the Thai university campus an intriguing issue. To understand why Thai university students so readily indulge in an illegal activity this thesis investigates student graffiti through an analysis of graffiti as anonymous resistance from students to authoritarian power exercised on campus and as an escape from sociocultural taboos and cultural oppressions that Thai society places on youth …