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Skin as Cover
2021
The video visualizes the metaphoric language of “skin as cover” and its psychological impacts on wound patients.
I was interested in exploring the metaphorical use of materials and this project was my response to my curiosity.
The idea of skin as cover has been described as “a limiting yet enabling metaphor”. It is a powerful image that may influence both perception and practice. The use of the word ‘cover’, with its connotations of protection and concealment, is so prevalent in literature on wound care that it has become normalized to such an extent that its metaphorical nature can be easily overlooked.
The metaphor of skin as cover permeates the language we use to describe wounds, the way we make sense of them and the way we care for them. The concealment aspect of this metaphor may also have implications for how burn patients are cared for socially and psychologically, as well as physically.
What does it mean when we talk about wounds needing coverage? Are there other ways in which we could think about wounds?
The project is instructed by Kate Parsons. Reference: Skin as Cover: The Discursive effects of ‘covering’ metaphors on wound care practices by Trudy Rudge.
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