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The analysis focuses on Esther Valiquette's film as a reflection on time and identity influenced by HIV.

March 26, 2026L'esprit créateur/L'Esprit créateur0 citations

Autopathography as/of/with the Other in The Measure of Your Passage by Esther Valiquette

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The analysis focuses on Esther Valiquette's film as a reflection on time and identity influenced by HIV.
Analyzed the film's narrative structure and themes
Examined the interplay of personal and collective experiences
Utilized theories from Derrida, Malabou, and Levinas
Identified a dialogue between past and future through the film's narrative
Demonstrated connections between illness and ethical visibility
Highlighted the film's role in challenging stigma and envisioning collective futures

Abstract

Abstract: This article analyzes Esther Valiquette's The Measure of Your Passage as a meditation on time lived and time remaining in the face of HIV. Through an autopathographic archive in absentia , Valiquette inscribes the self via voice, silence, and trace, staging a dialogue between "I" and "you," past and future. Moving from a Montréal hospital to the ruins of Santorini, the film links illness, accident, and archaeology to explore finitude and alterity through intersubjective encounter. Drawing on Derrida, Malabou, and Levinas, the article argues that Valiquette transforms private vulnerability into an ethical act of visibility, building transhistorical bridges that resist stigma and imagine collective futures.

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