(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03) Van der Wal, Ruurd Willem Ernst; Viljoen, Stella; Viljoen, Shaun; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The archive as mnemonic device and taxonomic structure plays a significant role in the
visualisation of identity. This thesis draws on the example of the personal photographic
archives of three trans men to suggest ways of understanding archives as discursive and
visual practices through which fluctuating narratives of self can be uncovered, traced,
erased, renegotiated and fictionalised. This thesis considers how these participants
negotiate the roles of author, archivist and photographer in the creation of their personal
photographic archives, and how such archives intersect with discourses on the social,
somatic and political.