Dix (2016)

Author

Dix, B.

Year

2016

Title

Graphic violence: Representing conflict and migration through visual narrative

University

University of Sussex

Discipline (uncoded)

Anthropology

Macrostructure

Traditional-Simple

Proposed Area of Unconventionality
(Tardy, 2016)

Modality, Practice, Linguistic & Textual form, rhetorical aims and strategies

Description and other notes

Dissertation entails two inter-related parts: the first, detailing the creation of a graphic novel, based on the research and the second, which is the graphic novel. The graphic component is submitted as part of the work for dissertation (e.g., not an aside or an appendix), and positioned by the author as inextricable from the dissertation (e.g., in the abstract, Dix writes “The thesis and in particular the graphic novel can contribute to…”). Combines ethnographic research with artistic forms of communication. Written component follows traditional simple organization pattern (IMRD).

(Proposed) Degree of separation or connection between atypical or unconventional component(s) and conventional or written component(s)

Connected. The unconventional components are positioned as inextricable from the conventional components (and vice versa).

(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical or unconventional component(s) and conventional or written component(s)

Incorporated. For the most part, the atypical components and conventional components are seen to influence each other, but also maintain a degree of separateness.

Notes/Reasoning

Two side by side components (written & graphic) “The written thesis provides the contextual and ethnographic foundations for the graphic novel that also elaborates upon the self-reflexive and participatory methodologies and ethical concerns of creating the novel itself. The graphic novel enables a wider career in terms of its readership amongst research contributors as well as others, and its role in promoting educational awareness and humanitarian advocacy on the recent conflict.” (Abs)

Discipline 2 (coded)

Anthropology

Discipline Grouping (coded)

SS

Source

CAGS