Date of Award
Spring 5-20-2016
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Degree Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis is my personal exploration of what trauma is and how, if possible, it can be visually represented. The use of data collection, data visualization, and archive methodology is utilized in my project and this document examines how these components come together to understand trauma. This thesis also works through the ideology that everyone has the ability to experience trauma, of some form, in his or her life. Yet, there are different social perceptions for defining and labeling trauma. It is this social fallacy of trauma that I investigate and then seek to eliminate through the visual representation of trauma. Furthermore, this document examines how a visual representation is needed to understand that while everyone experience trauma differently, we should not distinguish traumas, but understand them all as just trauma.
Language
English (en)
Program Director
Patricia Olynyk
Program Director's Department
Graduate School of Art
Committee Member
Heather Bennett
Committee Member
Heather Bennett
Committee Member
Jonathan Hanahan
Committee Member
Jonathan Navy
Recommended Citation
DeSouza, Wyndi A., "The Untitled Mapping Project: Case Study Trauma" (2016). Graduate School of Art Theses. ETD 65. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7FX77QJ.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_art_etds/65
Included in
Art and Design Commons, Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, Social Statistics Commons
Artist's Statement
Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7FX77QJ