Autonomous Autopsy: Re-presenting Medical Trauma in Documentary Poetics
a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Chantelle Flores
a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Chantelle Flores
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
5:00 PM
IMRC Center 104
5:00 PM
IMRC Center 104
Fernald Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment
University of Maine, Orono, ME
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Chantelle Flores is a student in the Honors College, dual English and Art History major, and McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow whose presentation Autonomous Autopsy: Re-presenting Medical Trauma in Documentary Poetics aims to raise awareness of medical trauma by creatively exploring the tensions between patient and medical field, between subject and document, and between the physical body and one’s lived experience. Flores will be working with Dr. Hollie Adams, Assistant Professor of English. Flores’s MHC Undergraduate Fellowship is supported by the David ’64, ’67G and Alison ’71 Wiggin Humanities Fellowship.
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The medical document: an objective translation of a lived body and often one of the only physical artifacts left behind from traumatic medical experiences. Flores creatively explores documentary poetics as a means for re-presenting medical trauma and the body through manipulation of these medical documents. With Autonomous Autopsy, Flores investigates what can be learned through processing and how “invisible” facets of trauma can be visualized as her poetry works in dialogue with personal found documents.
All are invited to see Chantelle’s artwork on display in the IMRC from November 19th to 24th and listen to her talk about her creative project on Monday, November 24th at 5pm in the IMRC. (Please note that the IMRC will also be hosting other presentations and classes during this time. Planning your visit in advance is encouraged.)
For more details, email mhc@maine.edu