DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/12QY-BB17
Defense Date
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Dean's Office Qatar
First Advisor
Marco Bruno
Second Advisor
Federica Visani
Third Advisor
Michael Wirtz
Abstract
The What If Collection is a visual narrative that confronts white supremacy, the social, economic, and political ideology used to subjugate black civilization via colonial rule and enslavement in history and via structural racism today. Many white people have been socialized into a racial illiteracy that fosters white supremacy. This racial illiteracy fails to realize and understand the destructive effects of Western dominance on the rest of the world, particularly on past and present Africa and her diaspora. In response, utilizing discursive design, the collection constructs a counter-story that depicts a shift in the power structure in which the white oppressor is placed in the historical experience of the black oppressed. Moving forward from the past, a contemporary society is visualized where black people are the dominant force.
Rights
© The Author
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-6-2019
Included in
African American Studies Commons, African History Commons, Ceramic Arts Commons, Cultural History Commons, European History Commons, Fashion Design Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Graphic Design Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Photography Commons