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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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Deng Xiaoping, Dazibao and Dissent: A Critical Analysis of the Xidan Democracy Wall Movement

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jill Levine
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

A critical analysis of various misconceptions surrounding the 1978-9 Beijing Xidan Democracy Wall Movement. The narrative of the movement has been skewed by both the Chinese and United States governments and the false story has continued in much of the...

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Examining the Tension between Public Health and Educational Rights through the Study of Effect of Vaccination Mandate on Childhood Educational Opportunities: Is Childhood Vaccination Mandate Ethically Just for Children’s Educational Rights?

Publication Date
2022-April-01
Authors
Kim, Yura
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
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Looking: Storytelling and Flânerie in the Arcades of Grindr

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Matthew William Ortile
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

It is through storytelling, Walter Benjamin believed, that wisdom and experience are shared, letting open narratives achieve an amplitude that information lacks. And Charles Baudelaire considered the window-shopping flâneur to be the observant ne plus ultra of urban modernity. By...

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