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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.

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[Exhibition] Reexamining Books: Book Objects and Artist's Books by Werner Pfeiffer

Publication Date
2024-January-16
Authors
Hill, Thomas
Patkus, Ronald
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Archived Website
Access Level
Open
Abstract

On view in the Vassar College Main Library, the Art Library, and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center from September 6-December 15, 2012. 2012 marked the 75th birthday of Werner Pfeiffer, an artist who for half a century has worked...

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Psyche's Library

Publication Date
2022-April-02
Authors
Hill, Thomas
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This lecture presents the architectural program of the Frederick Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College as the instantiation of the introduction of the concept of research into American undergraduate education by early Vassar faculty who were invested in the direct...

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Webcam Culture: & the Commodification of Privacy

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jessica Lin
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

My thesis takes a look at the history of webcam culture and investigates the changing attitudes towards surveillance and privacy since the creation of webcam technology and the rise of participatory culture. I postulate that since webcam culture became increasingly...

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