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dc.contributor.authorValladares, Nancy Dayanne.en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-17T18:24:05Z
dc.date.available2021-12-17T18:24:05Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138579
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M. in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, September, September, 2020en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from the official PDF of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).en_US
dc.description.abstractA 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.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Nancy Dayanne Valladares.en_US
dc.format.extent80 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT 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.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleA dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationoceneen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M. in Art, Culture and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architectureen_US
dc.identifier.oclc1288619893en_US
dc.description.collectionS.M. in Art, Culture and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architectureen_US
dspace.imported2021-12-17T18:24:05Zen_US
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mit.thesis.departmentArchen_US


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