| Title | Skin |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Mél Hogan(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.53288/0404.1.03 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/solarities-elemental-encounters-and-refractions/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Mél Hogan |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2023-11-22 |
| Long abstract | This piece invites the reader to think about their skin as a surface to glean information about identity, disease, and life on earth. Through exposing the process of having a mole removed by a surgeon, and a follow-up from the dermatologist, the piece discusses the relationship between skin and sun; the warnings about UV exposure, the narratives about genetics and personal responsibility, the fallout and recovery of medical interventions, and the new meanings made possible about the sun itself, through a careful consideration of skin as a medium that absorbs and reflects it. |
| Page range | pp. 43–48 |
| Print length | 6 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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Mél Hogan is the host of The Data Fix podcast and is the Director of the Environmental Media Lab (EML). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario). Her research focuses on data infrastructure, understood from within the contexts of settler-colonial extractivism, planetary catastrophe, and collective anxieties about the future