EGI is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal dedicated to multidisciplinary research on writing systems, written symbols, and scripts, with a particular focus on graffiti as a form of visual and material inscription.
The journal publishes research examining graffiti, epigraphy, and iconography as interconnected fields within archaeology, epigraphy, art history, anthropology, and visual culture studies. It addresses both historical and contemporary forms of inscription, with attention to their role in the production, transmission, and transformation of visual languages.
EGI welcomes contributions that investigate official and unofficial written material through clearly defined research questions and established or emerging methodologies. The journal supports interdisciplinary dialogue and promotes analytical and conceptual approaches to the study of visual inscriptions across diverse temporal and cultural contexts.
The journal publishes original research and operates a double-blind peer review process. All submissions are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.
It is part of the publishing activities of Wisethorough and Urbancreativity (WT/UC), active since 2014.Inspired by the panel “Graffiti, heritage and context: the act and significance of writing” presented at the Urban Creativity Conference, this issue brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on graffiti as a situated practice of mark-making across time, cultures, and material contexts. Moving beyond graffiti as mere inscription or visual artifact, the contributions explore writing as an embodied, relational, and meaning-producing act—one that negotiates memory, identity, power, and presence in public and sacred spaces.
Spanning case studies from ancient sanctuaries and rock art sites to modern urban walls and politically charged environments, the issue examines how acts of writing mediate between the personal and the collective, the ephemeral and the permanent, the illicit and the institutional. Through lenses such as epigraphy, semiotics, phenomenology, heritage studies, and contemporary graffiti practice, the articles collectively foreground writing as an action that shapes space, asserts belonging, and inscribes continuity across generations.
Together, these contributions position graffiti not as marginal or ancillary, but as a fundamental cultural practice through which societies articulate meaning, negotiate authority, and leave traces of lived experience in the material world.
Published: 2025-12-18Articles
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
New Open Access Journal: Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI)
e - ISSN 3051-7826
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