Somatic Narratives about Illness. Biometric Visualization of Diseased and Disabled Bodies in Art and Science Projects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20248366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ewelina Twardoch-Raś (0000-0002-2497-8463, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h9010019 |
| OpenAlex | W3006331579 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This article proposes investigating how the problem of chronic and deadly diseases and bodily injuries is explored in selected contemporary artistic projects based on biometric technologies and medical imaging. All of the projects that will be analysed use specific medical tools and methods (e.g., roentgenography or bio-tracking) to provide detailed, affective images of disability and illness. Nonetheless, these projects were created as pieces of art that combine visual and verbal elements: photographs, collages, and other illustrated stories (e.g., “biometric diaries” or open-source art). On the one hand, they show the “inner” and often invisible face of illness and suffering, but on the other hand they also raise questions related to algorithmic reductionism and politicization of such forms of representation of disease. This article will focus on artistic projects created by Diane Covert, Salvatore Iaconesi and Laurie Frick. It refers to the ‘ethos of health’ and the conception of ethopolitics (Nicolas Rose) to show the place in contemporary biopolitical society of illness (Thomas Lemke), which can be seen as an exceptional form of the body’s condition. Moreover, it considers the problem of the politicization of the biological body and affective experiences (Britta Timm Knudsen and Carsten Stage) and the category of untold histories explored by Joanne Garde-Hansen and Kristyn Gorton
Aesthetics · Art · Covert · Epistemology · Health care · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Reductionism · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Technoscience · Empathy and Medical Education · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society
Neuro
Immaterial Bodies
Empathic Vision
Self-Tracking
Nonhuman Photography
The Quantified Self
Seeing Ourselves Through Technology
Networked Cancer
Global Media, Biopolitics, and Affect
The Affective Turn
The Politics of Life Itself
A verisimilitude of pessimism
The Language of New Media
Stigmata and Sense Memory
How medical technologies shape the experience of illness
Emotion Online
Facing Off
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |