That which we consider to be real we call knowledge. As a rule, we consider what our five senses convey to us to be real. Our perception and what we consider real and construct as socially effective differs depending on which senses we focus on and how intensively. The connection between reality constructions and sensory conditions has received little attention in social research so far. This concerns, for example, the use of our sensory organs for empirical reconstructions of bodies of knowledge, sensory perceptions as part of bodies of knowledge, or the question of how far knowledge is dependent on sensory abilities. This anthology attempts to close this gap by focusing on the social significance of sensory perceptions and discussing it using the example of various objects of investigation. 

Dieser Band vereint erstmals Beitrage aus verschiedenen Disziplinen (Kunst-, Rechts-, Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften) zur deutschen Graffiti-Szene. Dabei verschranken sich Perspektiven von aussen auf die Szene mit Sichtweisen von innen. UEber die Beitrage hinweg wird dabei deutlich, wie facettenreich Graffiti als kulturelles Phanomen ist und wie anschlussreich methodische und theoretische Perspektiven der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften daran sind. Abseits gesellschaftlicher Typisierungen, Dramatisierungen, Missverstandnisse und Mythen werden dabei der Szenealltag, die Szenegeschichte und die Handlungsprobleme der Writer beleuchtet.

Scene affiliations can be understood as socially produced and meaningful commonalities of action in style-specific practices. They are displayed, staged, stabilized, and disseminated in the respective style formations via material artifacts and their use, the body, and media forms of expression. Although the importance of artefacts, bodies and media for stylisation processes is continuously emphasised within youth culture and scene research, the systematic analysis of the material and medial dimensions of youth cultural action beyond the description of respective styles rarely comes into focus. Based on this observation, this volume aims to explore the question of which theoretical and methodological perspectives interdisciplinary youth culture and scene research can use to adequately understand the material and medial expressions of styles. The volume brings together contributions devoted to the significance of materiality and mediality in scenes from historical, social and cultural science, and psychological perspectives. The content Youth culture theoretical perspectives on mediality and materiality - Formations of style via media - Formations of style via artefacts - Formations of style via bodies The editors Tim Böder is a research assistant at the AG Jugend- und Schulforschung at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Dr. Paul Eisewicht is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at the Technical University of Dortmund. Prof. Dr. Günter Mey teaches developmental psychology and qualitative research at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal. Prof. Dr. Nicolle Pfaff is a university lecturer at the Faculty of Education at the University of Duisburg-Essen.