This thesis contextualizes the three series of work that I have produced for my MFA. My chief concerns are with the dynamic between the individual and the collective, and how this is symbolically represented in lists of names. I also suggest that an underlying sense of communitas, or equality, is evoked through lists of names. I explore this idea further in an examination of various memorials where the naming of those commemorated is a major element of the work. I then describe the work that I have made, and connect it to other artworks that also use lists of names in order to explore the idea of what it is to be both an individual and a member of a group. I suggest that artworks and memorials are potent as carriers of symbolic meaning because they allow space and time for contemplation. In addition to the use of names, I also look at artworks that use items that have belonged to people as substitutes for those people, and as metaphors for humanity. My work utilises human hair and socks, but other artists use different types of contiguous possessions as stand-ins for individuals. The examples are chosen to investigate the variety of tropes available for memorial designers and artists, and in order to see the way diverse materials can be used to investigate similar concerns.

Thesis (Ph.D.). / Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/01/30). Written for the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Leeds, 1922. / Holograph. Caption title. Includes photocopies of the report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Possibilities of Musk-ox Industries in the Arctic and Sub-arctic regions of Canada, and a letter from W.T. Hornaday, Curator, New York Zoological Society addressed to the Commission concerning the viability of domestic music ox herds. Contents: v.1. Thesis, Ovibos fibre -- v.2 Samples, Ovibos (musk ox) fibre.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-91).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 143-151).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-129).

Thesis (M.A. in Decorative Art)--University of California, June 1950. / Bibliography: l. 158-166.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in anthropology)--Washington State University, December 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-148). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center