street culture
Sidewalk-born artistic movements
Street culture encompasses the creative expressions, social practices, and aesthetic sensibilities that emerge from urban public spaces—particularly from marginalized communities.
It includes graffiti, hip-hop, skateboarding, breakdancing, streetwear fashion, and the attitudes surrounding them.
What begins on sidewalks and in subway cars often migrates to galleries and runways: Street culture has shaped mainstream fashion for decades.
The term can romanticize poverty or celebrate authentic grassroots creativity, depending on who's using it.
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- spray canPressurized dispenser with nozzle
- DJingPlaying recorded music live
- boom boxPortable cassette stereo
murals · beatboxing · cyphers · spoken word poetry · streetwear · rap · stencils · activism · breakdancing · tagging · zines · sneakers · grime · freestyle · open mic · mixtapes · parkour · skateboarding
- culturesMediterranean cultures, subculture, multicultural, counterculture, underground
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk dance, folk dances, folk tunes, folklore
- Israeli culturefalafel, hummus, kibbutz, Tel Aviv, Hebrew
street culturehigh culture
Society's esteemed artistic traditions
elite culture · bourgeois culture · corporate culture · fine arts