Entangled Among Things: Kudzu As a Creative Medium in Contemporary Southern Art

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dc.contributorCurzon, Lucy
dc.contributorDallow, Jessica
dc.contributor.advisorStephens, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorBorden, Ivy Baxter
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-17T16:18:42Z
dc.date.available2029-09-09
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractKudzu is a sprawling vine that is categorized in the United States as an invasive species known to grow natively in East and Southeast Asia. Having traveled to the US in the nineteenth century and undergone a variety of changing functions in southern societies, this plant has a complex and mobile history. Today, kudzu is widely considered a nemesis to southern biodiversity and a mythological representation of the South. Working from an ethical praxis of care, this paper investigates the ways that artists working with kudzu have reimagined the vine as a tool for responding to, rather than working against, the complexity of the contemporary southern landscape. This kudzu-filled landscape is an ecological, political, and historical site of tangible and metaphorical entanglement. Using historical research, personal memoir, and artist interviews, this paper advocates for caring relationships amidst humans and more-than-human others through a hyper-focus on the stories held within materials.en_US
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dc.identifier.other1074784
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/14382
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectAmerican South
dc.subjectcontemporary art
dc.subjectcraft
dc.subjectethics of care
dc.subjectinvasive species
dc.subjectkudzu
dc.titleEntangled Among Things: Kudzu As a Creative Medium in Contemporary Southern Arten_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Art and Art History
etdms.degree.disciplineArt history
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.

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