Revised Thesis Description
My thesis stems from a few different concerns and interests: objects as cultural artifacts and symbols, the effect of globalization and new technologies on those artifacts, the impact of technology on human values and society, the fascination of humans with the supernatural/spiritual realm and their superstitions and the psychological reasons behind it.
I want to reinvent cultural artifacts, creating a "functional" version of them. I will look into what the objects are meant to represent, and the modern-day equivalent of those values (security,protection/surveillance, interpersonal bond/telecommunication, identity/fingerprint or DNA) and create objects that combine the traditional form of the object and the technology that enables its symbolic purpose.