Date Approved
2020
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department or School
Communication, Media and Theatre Arts
Committee Member
Nick Romerhausen, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jonathan Carter, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Raymond Quiel, M.A.
Abstract
The number of people living with some form of dementia globally is growing. The absence of a cure, combined with this rapidly increasing presence of dementia, has directed attention away from fostering an understanding of the disease as it is socially experienced and toward the intricacies of determining its neurological properties. This study analyzes the Alzheimer Society of Windsor and Essex County’s Monument of Memories as a cultural form with the potential to (re)frame how the experience of dementia is socially conceptualized in Windsor, Ontario, and beyond. Specifically, I employ theoretical and methodological insights from participatory critical rhetoric, postmodern architectural language, and metonymic reduction to characterize the Monument of Memories as a place/space of multifarious rhetorical action.
Recommended Citation
Winkleseth, Meagan K., "The Monument of Memories as a place/space of multifarious rhetorical action" (2020). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 1011.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1011