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.

Formations of Queer Diaspora: Trauma and Empire

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2014-January-01
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This thesis project is explores the contours of nation-state violence and the trauma-inflicted upon deviant populations transnationally. I will explore how fluid, relational experiences with violence evoke transnational diasporic formations which can begin to be actualized when we consider their...

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Senior Recital: Chelsea Skye Yamada, soprano

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2014-April-26
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Chelsea Skye Yamada, soprano, assisted by Thomas Sauer, piano; Kevin Lee (VC 2014), violin; Sofia Macht (VC 2014), violin; Maria Ichizawa (VC 2014), viola; and William Leith (VC 2014), cello

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Webcam Culture: & the Commodification of Privacy

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2015-January-01
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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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