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Quiet Conversations: A Regenerative Relationship Between Crops and Humans

Brinkman, Dustin Thomas
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3897-2924
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619001037691335

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2021, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
For my MFA thesis exhibition in 2021, I created seven narrative driven prints that were displayed on a hand painted wall mural which acts as the framework or backdrop for a small field of corn stalks. These works and this paper examine the relationship between crops and humans through both visual and oral storytelling as well as the hopeful nature of my work as I continue to reflect upon what it means to engage in a practice of regenerative making and active listening. I explore the use of myself and my twin brother as a character who are each able to view the world through the others lens, color as a form of strengthening connection between the human and non-human figures, and the agency of materials who have equal value in our shared landscape. My inquiry into this relationship is bolstered through the arguments made by political and agricultural ecologists like Jane Bennett, Michael Pollan, Bill Mollison, and Robin Wall Kimmerer whose work speaks to the tethers that bind materials, persons, and all organic matter under one roof.
Sergio Soave (Advisor)
Deborah Scott (Committee Member)
Todd Slaughter (Committee Member)
31 p.
Fine Arts
regenerative agriculture; crops; corn; narratives; western narratives; twin

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  • Brinkman, D. T. (2021). Quiet Conversations: A Regenerative Relationship Between Crops and Humans [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619001037691335

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brinkman, Dustin. Quiet Conversations: A Regenerative Relationship Between Crops and Humans . 2021. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619001037691335.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brinkman, Dustin. "Quiet Conversations: A Regenerative Relationship Between Crops and Humans ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619001037691335

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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