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This talk concerns what I call »graphic embryos,« the representations of embryos and embryonic development in graphic fiction, or comics. An early, iconic image of embryonic development was C.H. Waddington’s 1957 illustration of the epigenetic landscape. A ball — representing the embryo — is positioned on the top of a hill fissured by deep channels that will guide its path to the bottom. I will argue that the graphic embryos appearing in contemporary works of graphic medicine continue the innovation of Waddington’s epigenetic landscape — modeling embryonic development in time and space. Looking closely at five works of graphic medicine that depict embryos as part of an exploration of fertility and infertility, I will describe the basic tools for reading these graphic narratives, consider the variety of depictions they offer, and suggest what these graphic embryos might reveal about the epigenetic landscape in its original and contemporary forms.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
10/29/2014 19:00 - 10/29/2014 22:00
Event venue:
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, 3. Etage
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
local
Subject areas:
Art / design, Cultural sciences, Media and communication sciences, Medicine
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/21/2014
Sender/author:
Sabine Zimmermann
Department:
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZFL)
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event48780
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