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Graphing Vitality: Terror Management Theory, Spiritual Transformation, and Schizoanalysis/Re-synthesis as Hypertext Research-creation
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I have been asked to describe this project in a succinct way, and to give its associated processes a name. I use the word 'associated' here after Chapman & Sawchuk's commentary on research-creation, in an attempt to refer encompassingly not only to the forms but especially to the forces that...
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Imag(in)ing the cancerous body: representations of cancer in medical discourse and contemporary visual art
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This thesis examines representations of cancer in contemporary art, with a particular focus on unruly, un-idealized bodies at risk. In bringing together the discourses of art history and medicine, its aim is to engage conventions of visualizing cancer, and more importantly, to highlight the ways...
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Fall 2023
This thesis examines Charles R. Knight’s images of dinosaurs produced around the turn of the nineteenth century in comparison to natural history images of living animals. Using a combination of scholarship from animal studies and an analysis of the side of production, it argues Knight used visual...
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2017-09-14
This thesis examines issues of performance art documentation. An art historical survey contextualizes performance art practice and theory, situating the contradicting nature of performance art as a medium that both requires documentation while also denying its possibility. A detailed case study...
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Spring 2018
This thesis examines issues of performance art documentation. An art historical survey contextualizes performance art practice and theory, situating the contradicting nature of performance art as a medium that both requires documentation while also denying its possibility. A detailed case study...
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Fall 2019
Stories matter deeply. They help us see, experience, understand, and make meaning in our world and lives. As we will see in this dissertation, to create lasting positive social change, we need new stories, stories that reveal new paths, hopes, and futures. Art is a powerful storytelling medium,...
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2017-10-16
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: Through cooperative inquiry and critical co-design, the project will develop an interactive digital story app (i.e., digital fiction) that can be evaluated as a tool for media-enhanced bibliotherapy to help young women address issues associated with body image concerns. 40...
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Fall 2012
This dissertation is about the work of melancholy in the Victorian realist novel, particularly those texts written in the late 1840s. The representation of melancholy affords an examination of a wide scope of issues that relate to the family, generally, and to the role of the middle-class women...