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.

From Alternative to Integrative: An Exploration of Acupuncture Within the Western Medical Paradigm

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2014-January-01
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I argue that our current health care system—which is based in Western medicine—is inadequate, not only because it is costly, but because it is failing to keep individuals healthy. I posit that this is due to a number of factors...

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The Crowd as Interruption: Politics of Invisibility and Protest Photography in the Anti-ELAB Movement in Hong Kong

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2021-January-01
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Since its invention, photography has played an important role in capturing and shaping understandings of social movements. In the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in Hong Kong, while many Western audiences have been emotionally moved by the media coverage...

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