A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene
Thesis: S.M. in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, September, September, 2020
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| author | Valladares, Nancy Dayanne. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1385792021-12-18T03:50:16Z A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene Valladares, Nancy Dayanne. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture Architecture. Thesis: S.M. in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, September, September, 2020 Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80). A Dedicated Mechanism for Forgetting, narrates the process and research behind the films Botanical Ghosts and The Density of Breath, expanding on two years of my artistic research and practice. Part fiction, part epistolary exchange, A Dedicated Mechanism for Forgetting is a meditation on conceptions of vision and sensitivity to light beyond anthropocentric views. Narrating the story of Dorothy Hughes Popenoe and her encounter with the fruit of the Ackee Tree ( Blighia Sapida) at Lancetilla Botanical Gardens, the project retells histories of plant transportation and botanical exchange in the north coast of Honduras through the lens of plant agency, filmmaking, critical plant studies, and magic. Utilizing this approach, this thesis locates itself within recent botanical and speculative turns and points towards the potential of a vegetal configuration for art practice and fictioning. by Nancy Dayanne Valladares. S.M. in Art, Culture and Technology S.M. in Art, Culture and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture 2021-12-17T18:24:05Z 2021-12-17T18:24:05Z 2020 2020 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138579 1288619893 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 80 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Valladares, Nancy Dayanne. A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title | A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title_full | A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title_fullStr | A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title_full_unstemmed | A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title_short | A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| title_sort | dedicated mechanism for forgetting fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene |
| topic | Architecture. |
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