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Nonhuman Persons: A Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment

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Exegesis(5.4 MB)

Date

2018

Authors

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Amundsen, Fiona
Jansen, Dieneke

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Exegesis

Degree name

Master of Visual Arts

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Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

Nonhuman Persons: A Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment focuses on how photography and an intimate perception of spirituality can establish connections with the indigenous flora of Aotearoa. Through a photographic image’s ability to produce a sense of heightened self-awareness, this project explores how photography can be utilised to invoke a love and connection with the natural environment. This research takes the position that plants have a life force and questions how emotional and spiritual connections can be formed through photographs. This project asks how photographs can be used to establish a deeper reflective connection between humans and plants, thereby promoting a more caring and responsible relationship towards Aotearoa’s endangered whenua, especially when considering the looming extinction of kauri.

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Aotearoa, Photography, Nonhuman, Master of Visual Arts, Persons, Kauri, Spirituality, Indigenous flora, Whenua, Life force

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https://hdl.handle.net/10292/12104

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