Eric Lepp
Biographic Data
| ID | 325280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Lepp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Lepp |
| SIGNATURE | LEPP E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7906-524X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Graffiti as Method: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Political Perception and Community Relations in Belfast
This article explores the methodological possibilities that a graffiti dataset offers to a spatio-temporal analysis of peace and conflict. Leveraging our original visual dataset of Belfast’s changing muralscape, the analysis unpacks how messages painted on walls offer a lens into evolving local sentiments, politics, unity, and divisions. We suggest that tracking changes in graffiti across time offers methodological innovation in understanding con…
Red Paint Resistance: A Spatial‐Temporal Case Study of Graffiti as Civil Resistance in Contemporary Settler‐Colonial Canada
Drawing from research conducted across 2021–2024, this article presents the case study of an often‐graffitied Queen Victoria statue in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Through engaging red paint on this physical colonial monument, it is demonstrated that graffiti has the capacity to be an important method of civil resistance that can influencially be employed in local grassroots actions. In doing so this analytical case study engages the significance …
Side-by-Sidedness: A Conceptual Rethinking of Post-Peace Agreement Encounter
Between the poles of conflict and reconciliation are the complex and simple interactions of the everyday. This article introduces the conceptual development of ‘side-by-sidedness’ – a form of ‘lightened encounter’ that is civilly inattentive to differences and divisions, thus contributing to improved relationships between individuals in violent protracted conflict. Emerging from a case study centred on the supporters of the Belfast Giants ice hoc…
A side-by-side methodological approach: Shared experience, informality and adaptation
In shifting environments common to peace and conflict research, methodological grounding is rooted in the fluctuating roles undertaken by the researcher through time and space as one seeks a worldview that is experienced by research participants. This article introduces a side-by-side methodological approach, which developed through research of cross-community interaction amongst ice hockey supporters in Belfast. Influenced by qualitative researc…
Civil Sanctuary: Clearly Marked Spaces of Civility in Divided Urban Settings
Movement through spaces defined by segregation and mixing is a distinguishing feature of divided urban settings. Contributing to themes of the everyday and spatial understandings in peace research, this paper introduces civil sanctuaries. In divided urban settings these spaces of sanctuary are framed by civility, where people encounter one another across division while seemingly compartmentalising outward signs of disrespect. Through a case study…
Reading socio-political and spatial dynamics through graffiti in conflict-affected societies
This paper argues that graffiti can provide a form of socio-political commentary at the local level, and is a valuable, yet often overlooked, resource for scholars and policymakers in conflict-affected societies. Graffiti, in its many forms, can provide rich insight into societies, cultures, social issues, trends, political discourse, and spatial and territorial identities and claims. Thus, this, paper suggests that graffiti is a valuable source …
Division on Ice: Shared Space and Civility in Belfast
In Northern Ireland the Good Friday Agreement brought with it top-down political and social approaches to construct and increase intergroup contact and shared spaces in an effort to reconcile divided Nationalist and Unionist communities. In the period following the peace agreement, the Belfast Giants ice hockey team was established, and its games have become one of the most attended spectator activities in Belfast, trending away from the tribalis…
Reading socio-political and spatial dynamics through graffiti in conflict-affected societies
This paper argues that graffiti can provide a form of socio-political commentary at the local level, and is a valuable, yet often overlooked, resource for scholars and policymakers in conflict-affected societies. Graffiti, in its many forms, can provide rich insight into societies, cultures, social issues, trends, political discourse, and spatial and territorial identities and claims. Thus, this, paper suggests that graffiti is a valuable source …
Division on Ice: Shared Space and Civility in Belfast
In Northern Ireland the Good Friday Agreement brought with it top-down political and social approaches to construct and increase intergroup contact and shared spaces in an effort to reconcile divided Nationalist and Unionist communities. In the period following the peace agreement, the Belfast Giants ice hockey team was established, and its games have become one of the most attended spectator activities in Belfast, trending away from the tribalis…
Civil Sanctuary: Clearly Marked Spaces of Civility in Divided Urban Settings
Movement through spaces defined by segregation and mixing is a distinguishing feature of divided urban settings. Contributing to themes of the everyday and spatial understandings in peace research, this paper introduces civil sanctuaries. In divided urban settings these spaces of sanctuary are framed by civility, where people encounter one another across division while seemingly compartmentalising outward signs of disrespect. Through a case study…
Graffiti as Method: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Political Perception and Community Relations in Belfast
This article explores the methodological possibilities that a graffiti dataset offers to a spatio-temporal analysis of peace and conflict. Leveraging our original visual dataset of Belfast’s changing muralscape, the analysis unpacks how messages painted on walls offer a lens into evolving local sentiments, politics, unity, and divisions. We suggest that tracking changes in graffiti across time offers methodological innovation in understanding con…
A side-by-side methodological approach: Shared experience, informality and adaptation
In shifting environments common to peace and conflict research, methodological grounding is rooted in the fluctuating roles undertaken by the researcher through time and space as one seeks a worldview that is experienced by research participants. This article introduces a side-by-side methodological approach, which developed through research of cross-community interaction amongst ice hockey supporters in Belfast. Influenced by qualitative researc…
Division on Ice: Shared Space and Civility in Belfast
In Northern Ireland the Good Friday Agreement brought with it top-down political and social approaches to construct and increase intergroup contact and shared spaces in an effort to reconcile divided Nationalist and Unionist communities. In the period following the peace agreement, the Belfast Giants ice hockey team was established, and its games have become one of the most attended spectator activities in Belfast, trending away from the tribalis…
Reading socio-political and spatial dynamics through graffiti in conflict-affected societies
This paper argues that graffiti can provide a form of socio-political commentary at the local level, and is a valuable, yet often overlooked, resource for scholars and policymakers in conflict-affected societies. Graffiti, in its many forms, can provide rich insight into societies, cultures, social issues, trends, political discourse, and spatial and territorial identities and claims. Thus, this, paper suggests that graffiti is a valuable source …
Civil Sanctuary: Clearly Marked Spaces of Civility in Divided Urban Settings
Movement through spaces defined by segregation and mixing is a distinguishing feature of divided urban settings. Contributing to themes of the everyday and spatial understandings in peace research, this paper introduces civil sanctuaries. In divided urban settings these spaces of sanctuary are framed by civility, where people encounter one another across division while seemingly compartmentalising outward signs of disrespect. Through a case study…
Side-by-Sidedness: A Conceptual Rethinking of Post-Peace Agreement Encounter
Between the poles of conflict and reconciliation are the complex and simple interactions of the everyday. This article introduces the conceptual development of ‘side-by-sidedness’ – a form of ‘lightened encounter’ that is civilly inattentive to differences and divisions, thus contributing to improved relationships between individuals in violent protracted conflict. Emerging from a case study centred on the supporters of the Belfast Giants ice hoc…
A side-by-side methodological approach: Shared experience, informality and adaptation
In shifting environments common to peace and conflict research, methodological grounding is rooted in the fluctuating roles undertaken by the researcher through time and space as one seeks a worldview that is experienced by research participants. This article introduces a side-by-side methodological approach, which developed through research of cross-community interaction amongst ice hockey supporters in Belfast. Influenced by qualitative researc…
Graffiti as Method: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Political Perception and Community Relations in Belfast
This article explores the methodological possibilities that a graffiti dataset offers to a spatio-temporal analysis of peace and conflict. Leveraging our original visual dataset of Belfast’s changing muralscape, the analysis unpacks how messages painted on walls offer a lens into evolving local sentiments, politics, unity, and divisions. We suggest that tracking changes in graffiti across time offers methodological innovation in understanding con…
Red Paint Resistance: A Spatial‐Temporal Case Study of Graffiti as Civil Resistance in Contemporary Settler‐Colonial Canada
Drawing from research conducted across 2021–2024, this article presents the case study of an often‐graffitied Queen Victoria statue in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Through engaging red paint on this physical colonial monument, it is demonstrated that graffiti has the capacity to be an important method of civil resistance that can influencially be employed in local grassroots actions. In doing so this analytical case study engages the significance …
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Graffiti (3 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)