Threads of Sand, Scar & Scripture
A study of Sudanese art under conditions of war, displacement, and historical fragmentation, examining the critic's position and the ethics of witnessing.
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Status: Published English-language book; second edition, 18 May 2026
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A study of Sudanese art under conditions of war, displacement, and historical fragmentation, examining the critic’s position and the ethics of witnessing.
Research question: How can criticism address Sudanese art, displacement, and cultural memory through the ethics of witnessing?
Approach and sources: A sustained philosophical and critical study of Sudanese art.
Contribution: Extends the framework into a study of Sudanese art and provides the English-language source for the developing Arabic translation.
Scope and limits: The published English-language study and the Arabic translation in progress are distinct records. Repository versions are not automatically new editions.
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- Witness, Material Presence, and Cultural Memory: Published study associated with the continuing inquiry.
- Threads of Sand: Arabic Translation: Published English-language source edition for translation.
- Sudanese Art and Aesthetics: Published study within the continuing programme.
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Edition and publication date: Second edition, 18 May 2026. The original first-edition publication day remains unverified.
Repository release 6, 2026-10-15. This corrected repository file preserves the second edition, published 18 May 2026; the repository release is not a new book edition. Repository-release DOI.
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Dorian Vale. Threads of Sand, Scar & Scripture. 2026. 2nd ed. Museum of One Press. ISBN 978-1-0698203-3-4. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23395654
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- Form: A Post-Interpretive Study
- Subtitle: Sudanese Art & the Ethics of Witnessing
- ISBN: 978-1-0698203-3-4
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