Toronto Tourism, Graffiti Culture & Emotional Infrastructure with Alex Sein

03/06/2025 1h 0min Temporada 1 Episodio 256
Toronto Tourism, Graffiti Culture & Emotional Infrastructure with Alex Sein

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Send us a textToday we have educator, storyteller and Toronto tourism go-to, Alex Sein @BeardedProf416. In this conversation, you’ll hear Alex’s story of becoming a Torontonian, including his link to graffiti culture in the city and how he accidentally became intwined in this community.You’ll hear about the history of graffiti, why it matters and how graffiti is often a collaborative process. You’ll not only hear about physical infrastructure of a place (including the idea of a 15-minute city), but also the emotional infrastructure that signage, advertising and graffiti help shape. You’ll hear the surprising ways that graffiti is deeply-rooted in history of places all over the world and both consciously and subconsciously connect and foster belonging. Brave Creative Human: Embrace Failure, Reframe Imposter Syndrome, and Be Unapologetically You is available in paperback and as an ebook!I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)