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

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dc.contributor.advisorAmundsen, Fiona
dc.contributor.advisorJansen, Dieneke
dc.contributor.authorAthena, Chervelle
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-09T21:13:48Z
dc.date.available2018-12-09T21:13:48Z
dc.date.copyright2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2018-12-09T20:50:35Z
dc.description.abstractNonhuman 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.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12104
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectAotearoaen_NZ
dc.subjectPhotographyen_NZ
dc.subjectNonhumanen_NZ
dc.subjectMaster of Visual Artsen_NZ
dc.subjectPersonsen_NZ
dc.subjectKaurien_NZ
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_NZ
dc.subjectIndigenous floraen_NZ
dc.subjectWhenuaen_NZ
dc.subjectLife forceen_NZ
dc.titleNonhuman Persons: a Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environmenten_NZ
dc.typeExegesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Visual Artsen_NZ
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