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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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Conversational ecologies

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pickering, Harrison
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project takes a transdisciplinary approach to spatial interactivity, incorporating elements of theoretical discourse, speculative design, narrative worldbuilding, making, scientific experimentation and video. To me it is destructive to segregate bodies of knowledge, or any bodies for that matter, and...

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Food Security and Choice: Poughkeepsie Plenty Community Food Assessment

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
report
Authors
Nevarez, Leonard
Document Type
Report
Abstract

The final report of the Poughkeepsie Plenty Community Food Assessment, published in January 2013. This report presents original survey data, focus group interviews, and additional research to document the extent of food insecurity and the nature of the food system...

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Somewhere in Between and Nowhere to Be Seen: A Look into the Asian American Transracial Adoptee Experience through Educational Programming

Publication Date
2023-April-24
Authors
Wood, Sophia
Department or Program
Education Department
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Throughout the 1990s-2000s, the number of international adoptions into the United States increased drastically, reaching a little over 20,000 international adoptions in 2002 with 25% being from China and 9% from South Korea (PRB, 2003). As these adoptees begin to...

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