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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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"“A Mass Consumption of Scenery”: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Construction of Landscape in the 19th-Century White Mountains and Their Tallest Peak Mount Washington

Publication Date
2023-May-01
Authors
Clifford, Jennifer
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

New Hampshire’s White Mountains are the site of some of the earliest tourism developments in the United States. In this thesis, I analyze how these developments served to re-shape and construct a new–and lasting–landscape of the region that served the...

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"It's Gotta be the Shoes": A Case Study on Shoes, Distance Running, and Technology in Sport

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Martin, Hannah K.
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Over one weekend at the beginning of October 2019, Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour marathon in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge and Brigid Kosgei's world-record-breaking Chicago Marathon win reset the clock in terms of what was believed to be humanly possible in the...

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Gaming Across the Divide: Racial Dynamics in e-Sports and the Changing Landscape of East-West Relations

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kim, Michael H.
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The racial dynamics of professional <em>StarCraft</em>, an online game subject to e-sports, or competitive video games, are placed in the context of globalization and the development of new media technologies.

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