Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis explores the creation of Plantable Maps, which seek to present geographic information in a way that is conscious of its ties to its local environment. I created biodegradable and compostable maps using plant-based materials that visualize the spatial history of "blight" in San Francisco. Blight, originally an ecological term for a fungal disease in plants, was used by mid-century urban planners to justify redevelopment policies with racially unjust consequences. These map sculptures explore the intertwined history of urban land use and natural ecology, and the implications of relating data to its sites of origin. The result is a project that — through material, process and site-specificity — aims to return information to the natural landscape.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hua, Xi
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- D'Ignazio, Catherine
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Copyright retained by author(s)
- Licence dc:rights.uri
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143245
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/143245