Graffiti in the built environment : why do school children scribble on their desks?

Abstract

Graffiti is a form of self-expression unleashed upon the built-environment by unknown persons. Present largely in anonymous environments, they are inter-twinted with social, cultural, political as well as individual processes, Graffiti, in spite of being "mere scribblings on a surface" consist of much deeper meanings and sense in expressing the values and attitudes of people and their circumstances in the environment in which they live.