In order to contribute to the expansion of a sociological comprehension related to body and its identity, this research intents to understand how the inked person attributes meaning to his tattoo, to construct his identity. ...

This research proposes an empiric study on the tattoo artification processes and starts with the following question: what are the strategies and discourses developed by male and female tattoo artists for the practice be ...

This work of course completion is intended to promote a theoretical deepening on the presentation of a song and communication for women tattoo artists. Based on the research results, it was verified the existence of ...

The purpose of this research is to compile the history of tattooing in Cuenca, systematizing and studying information and the practice of tattooing through a field study, to tattoo artists as people with tattoos. Relations ...

The tattoo has undergone transformations throughout history and with it the way of doing it, in addition to the technological evolution in the instruments that are used to inscribe the shapes and figures on the body. This ...

Presentation of a case study experimenting the development of an authoral tattoo project through a design project methodology, correlating the work of tattoo artists and designers. After defining tattoos as tools for ...