As paisagens urbanas estão impregnadas de manifestações artísticas e culturais que fazem parte do cotidiano das pessoas que moram em cidades. A arte pública é incorporada à paisagem urbana de diferentes modos, sendo o graffiti e a pichação uma das principais formas de manifestação deste tipo de arte. O objetivo do presente artigo é explorar abordagens teóricas que, por meio do graffiti e da pichação, discutem a relação dialética estabelecida entre arte, movimentos de resistência e paisagem urbana. O exercício de olhar de forma crítica para o graffiti e a pichação enquanto formas de manifestação da arte urbana demanda necessariamente por parte da crítica uma reflexão sobre o que é arte. A reflexão ampla sobre as formas de arte urbana, representadas pelo graffiti e a pichação, induz a aprofundar o debate sobre a democracia da paisagem urbana.
Sidewalks in Brazilian cities still have physical conditions that hamper pedestrians to move, especially those citizens with mobility impairments. Despite improvements on legal provisions, aiming to build more accessible cities, its fulfillment is still far from what is desired. The purpose of this paper is to present a method (virtual audit) to support local administrations, in particular of small cities, to define accessible routes on sidewalks where their precariousness tends to be more significant. In order to illustrate the method application, it is shown a exploratory study in the Central Business District of Quitandinha municipality, located in Curitiba Metropolitan Area. The method allows a comprehensive knowledge of site problematic and it is expected to stimulate: i) local administrations to evaluate their sidewalks situation in order to include their suitability in their investment agendas; and ii) regional and federal administrations to develop public policies towards urban environment qualification
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