Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Advanced search

Vassar Scholarship

A bug in the system: speculations on cybernetics, superorganisms, and simulated serendipity

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Layla Fassa
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

What is a cybernetic organism in the age of digital imagining? Where can we find a historical nexus between the methods used to models systems and the increasing velocity of digital images? How do bodies fracture and congeal when integrated...

View
Vassar Scholarship

Africana Studies, 1969-2019: A History of Imagining Otherwise

Publication Date
2019-September-19
Authors
T.Mills, Quincy
Harris, Abrianna
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Exhibition Catalog
Access Level
Open
Abstract

An exhibition at the Vassar College Library marking the 50th anniversary of the Africana Studies Program at Vassar College.

September 19 through December 22, 2019.

View
Vassar Scholarship

Delight in the World: Reimagining Earth Science Education in New York State

Publication Date
2024-April-30
Authors
McHarg, Claire
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Earth Science is not a diverse field. Women are awarded less than half of undergraduate Earth Science degrees and underrepresented minority groups are awarded less than 10%. This thesis project investigates the way Earth Science is taught at the middle/high...

View