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Societal Glitch: Stories of the Hikikomori; An exhibition and immersive study on a sociological phenomenon, otherness and the universality of the hikikomori experience.

Description:

This thesis proposes a sociological art exhibition that shares the story of an alarmingly growing population of reclusive youths in Japan known as the hikikomori. A term coined by psychologist Tamaki Saito, hikikomori is the Japanese translation for “pulling inward, being confined”. This is a...

Author:

Slack, Cassandra

Keyword:

Exhibit Design, Hikikomori, otherness, Design, Sociological phenomenon, and Exhibition Design

GW Unit:

Museum Education

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Briggs, Nigel and Brown, Clare

Committee Member(s):

Bernat, Cory

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation