Mourning Earth; Ritual Expressions of Ecological Grief

by Brumfield, Katlyn

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This thesis considers the potential of grief and mourning to foster meaningful engagement with global ecological crises. I explore this potential through my own studio practice, positioning artworks and creative processes as vehicles for articulating collective experiences of loss, anxiety, and bereavement. To create these artworks, I draw from scientific knowledge, regional folkways, geologic history, and intergenerational experience with an emphasis on local culture. By forming sustained conf…

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This thesis considers the potential of grief and mourning to foster meaningful engagement with global ecological crises. I explore this potential through my own studio practice, positioning artworks and creative processes as vehicles for articulating collective experiences of loss, anxiety, and bereavement. To create these artworks, I draw from scientific knowledge, regional folkways, geologic history, and intergenerational experience with an emphasis on local culture. By forming sustained confrontations with the negative emotions of ecological destruction and loss, I advocate for the acceptance of grief as a reality of our time and as a possible means of imagining different ways of being in a permanently transformed world.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2021

Thesis Information

  • Degree:M.F.A.
  • University:Syracuse University
  • Advisor/Supervisor:Van Aken, Sam
  • Pages:29

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2021

Edition Identifiers

  • proquest:2587010764

Subjects

Appalachia climate change Eco-anxiety Ecological grief eng Extinction Fine Arts Kentucky PDF

Writers

Brumfield, Katlyn Van Aken, Sam

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