Status: Published English-language book; second edition, 18 May 2026
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.
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
This research summary was added on 14 October 2026 from the linked public text and bibliographic record. Publication metadata was verified and corrected on 17 October 2026. The complete argument, examples, and references remain in the published work and its repository edition.
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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.
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