Zelnik, 2024
Scope and Content Note
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.
The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and changed to digital submissions in 2020. There are also a handful of audiocassette tapes and one USB. The media components are stored onsite at the Archives.
Dates
- 2024
Creator
- Graham, Elizabeth (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
The thesis is restricted due to FERPA, permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis.
Extent
57 pages
Language of Materials
From the record group: English
From the record group: Chinese
From the record group: Spanish; Castilian
Overview
"This thesis is a reflection on modes of memory-keeping. Section I. дома ("Doma," or "Home") utilizes a variety of forms. Section II. музеј ("Muzey," or "Museum") turns to a formalized method of memory-keeping: the archive. Inspired by the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, PA, Section II. charts the unsettling collision of organic, decaying matter in the confines of an archive. This culminates in Section III. зелник ("Zelnik"), an invented form based on the Macedonian pastry of the same name. Using layers that correspond to the fifteen rolled out pieces of dough for each section of the zelnik, the speaker interrogates heritage as a form of collective memory, using fragments of Macedonian phrases in the construction. Remembering is a performance, an incantation, an embodiment of meaning. This thesis is meant to interrogate the ways that we hold memory and how it holds us." -- Abstract
Physical Location
RG 010.01B Writing, Literature & Publishing
Physical Description
57 pages
Repository Details
Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Walker Building, Room 223
120 Boylston Street
Boston Massachusetts 02116 United States
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archives@emerson.edu