Zone Zero: Black Womxn Assemblaging an Artful Life

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dc.contributorWilson, Lucas
dc.contributorBarron, Shakia
dc.contributor.advisorDay, Iyko
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Kay
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-18T18:57:28Z
dc.date.available2023-05-18T18:57:28Z
dc.date.gradyear2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023-05-18
dc.description.abstractHave you ever had the experience of watching yourself being watched? Maybe you changed how you walked or ate your food as a result. This behavior demonstrated the internalization of surveillance. The purpose of my project is to explore this process in an attempt to learn how to break the habit of self-surveillance. Specifically, Black women whose movements are surveilled by both the inner and public eye. How can you move more freely in a world blinded by light as a dark human being? This thesis pivots to conjure how Black womxn can live in a world without choosing select spaces where they can express subjectivity. The goal is not to develop a toolkit to help Black womxn subvert the system that continuously rejects their humanity. Instead, the goal is to create sovereignty in all places, free of restrictions, and eradicate the self-discipline of self (and thus state surveillance) as a whole. As a result, this exploratory thesis will utilize a womanist framework to deepen the analysis of visual art interventions and offer holistic takeaways to society.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCritical Social Thoughten_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6409
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricteden_US
dc.subjectsurveillance studiesen_US
dc.subjectBlack Feminist Thoughten_US
dc.subjectAbolitionen_US
dc.subjectwaywarden_US
dc.subjectfugitivityen_US
dc.subjectassemblageen_US
dc.subjectsurveillanceen_US
dc.titleZone Zero: Black Womxn Assemblaging an Artful Lifeen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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