Sunday, August 9, 2009

Individual wants versus community needs!

For this current Unit of Inquiry we are looking at the concept of "individual wants Vs Community needs" in the context of "tagging".
For this unit here is a list of some of the vocabulary we will be looking at.

Vocabulary

attitudes
behaviors
citizens
community
graffiti
ownership
permission
private property
public property
vandals
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Graffiti (tagging) is everywhere. where have you seen it and what are your thoughts on where it is being done?

19 comments:

  1. I agree Mrs F, Graffity is a digrase to our national heratige as well as our Arcitechure. I am seeing tagging everywhere espesially the public toilets as well as Countdown and the United Vidieo store and on the sides of the containers on the trains. Most of the tagging is positivly ugly and it makes the buildings look even uglier. GRAFFITY MUST BE STOPPED!!!

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  2. We have seen tagging on trains, trees, slides and on gates ect.And we also know that tagging is simular to graffti but graffti has more artistic to it.

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  3. We agree with you Daniel, and we hope it stops soon before it gets really out of hand.

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  4. I agree with Bonnie and Jade that tagging is simular as Grafiti but graffiti is more of an art

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  5. That’s absolutely appalling it makes nz look untidy. We need to stop this crime. Its discrasfull to see how many types of places can get tagged. (Tagging it’s not our future)

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  6. Some really cool photo's but where did you take them?

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  7. I agree with daniel but what is tagging what dose it mean?

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  8. Thank you Christina. The photos were taken on a walk down by the Hamilton River. I took my camera not sure what I would find!

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  9. Well Thomas it sometimes means that they are angry or upset.

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  10. I see graffity all around town. I think it ruins the looks of the town. It should stop now.

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  11. Thomas i think tagging is a type of art & vandalism if its on some ones fence its vandalism and if its on a piece of paper its art.

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  12. There is some really cool interesting photo's on there, I didn't realise there was so much tagging in Hamilton I thought it was cleaner than that.

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  13. Well Thomas tagging is when you put a mark or signature on something to mark a place as your own.

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  14. The photos show that tagging can be anywhere even on seats and on trees. It has to be stopped. It doesn’t look nice.

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  15. Thats a lot of tagging but insted of vandalising they could try doing some better art like an artist

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  16. We partially agree with you Bonnie and Jade but we think there is a lot more to it like it can be a signature or them marking their area. (Tagging it’s not our future)

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  17. Antonia your right tagging can be anywhere. On cars, windows, buses, inside houses, walls, buildings even fences it’s not right and should stop now?

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  18. Some of the DeClairers are investigating the tagging that is going on at the local skate park. Before our recent inquiry, they thought it was a form of art like graffiti. Now they are seeing tagging on the graffiti art at the park and are getting angry! You have a great site here! I will be sharing your x-country recount tomorrow morning with the class - we are doing ours tomorrow afternoon! Will be back in touch - Mrs Bee

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  19. When I was coming home from school (in car) I saw 14 marks of tagging/graffiti mostly on shop fronts or walls, alot of tagging is also on playgrounds etc., but can be virtually anywhere when you think about it.

    It is just a bit sad that this could become a form of art if people didn't do it on others property, because some graffiti/tagging is quite artistic.

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