Program Overview

Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - Forensic aesthetics

Overview

The Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - Forensic aesthetics is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores the intersection of photography, truth, evidence, and indexicality with the corpse.

Description

In this video, Kathryn Smith, a forensic artist, presents a philosophical exploration of photography, truth, evidence, and indexicality as each one intersects with the corpse. Kathryn describes how she sees capturing the face in death as a way of giving respect and identity to a corpse.

Keywords

• medicine and the arts
• death
• forensic art
• photography
• respect

Author

• Smith, Kathryn

Department

• CILT

Faculty

• Centre for Higher Education Development

Abstract

In this video, Kathryn Smith, a forensic artist, presents a philosophical exploration of photography, truth, evidence, and indexicality as each one intersects with the corpse. In terms of photographing the dead as a forensic artist, Kathryn describes how she sees capturing the face in death as a way of giving respect and identity to a corpse. This is the third video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.

Citation

Smith, K. 2015. Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - Forensic aesthetics. [MOOC]