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dc.contributor.advisorLaFayette, Carol
dc.contributor.advisorShepley, Mardelle
dc.creatorAroztegui Massera, Carmen
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-16T19:01:20Z
dc.date.available2006-08-16T19:01:20Z
dc.date.created2005-05
dc.date.issued2006-08-16
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3736
dc.description.abstractThe objective of my research is to create a visualization of a place based on personal experiences. My research addresses this issue through a case study: the visualization of a womenÂ’s political prison located in Punta de Rieles, Uruguay, during the Uruguayan dictatorship (1973-85). In June of 2002, I went to Uruguay and interviewed nine female former political prisoners. I asked them to tell me stories about what happened to them during their time in prison. My research aims at relating their experience of prison through a visualization of their stories. The challenge addressed by my research is the creation of a virtual reconstruction that can communicate the experience of prison through the integration of narrative, light modeling and sound. The proposed visualization is a video installation based on these womenÂ’s personal experiences of the solitary confinement cell (calabozo).en
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dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypevideo/quicktime
dc.format.mimetypevideo/quicktime
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/octet-stream
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.subjectprisonen
dc.subjectvideo installationen
dc.titleThe calabozo: virtual reconstruction of a prison cell based on personal accountsen
dc.typeBooken
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDel Negro, Giovanna
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWoodcock, David
dc.type.genreElectronic Dissertationen
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