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CREATED IMAGE: MAPPING BURN PITS

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Morgan, Alli. 2018. “Created Image: Mapping Burn Pits.” In Toxic Capture, created by Alli Morgan. In Visualizing Toxic Subjects Digital Exhibit, curated by James Adams and Kim Fortun. The Center for Ethnography. November.  http://www.centerforethnography.org/content/created-image-mapping-burn-pits

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  • I’m interested in the various tools my interlocutors, particularly veterans, employ in order to render their exposure visible. Some show me the results of clinical tests and imaging procedures--x-rays, lung biopsy reports, etc.--while others, like this veteran, use maps to convey the history of their exposures. These various means of locating toxics demonstrates how various ways of capturing toxics are called for.
  • I'm interested in the way screenshots or screengrabs have been utilized--particularly in patient and advocacy communities--to "capture" digital worlds at a particular moment in time.
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