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.

Sex Work in Cyberspace: Geographies of Desire in Digital Frontiers of the United States

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2015-January-01
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This project follows the shifting geography of erotic companionship and the changing demographics of women who take on this kind of work. From origins in mining towns, urban centers, and Las Vegas brothels to home-based, online performances for audiences across...

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Testing biological hypotheses with embodied robots: adaptations, accidents, and by-products in the evolution of vertebrates

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2014-November-12
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Evolutionary robotics allows biologists to test hypotheses about extinct animals. In our case, we modeled some of the first vertebrates, jawless fishes, in order to study the evolution of the trait after which vertebrates are named: vertebrae. …

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村上春樹の短編集「中国行きへのスロウ・ボート」の英訳:「中国行きへ のスロウ・ボート」、「貧乏な叔母さんの話」、「ニューヨークの炭鉱の 悲劇」 A Select English Translation of Murakami Haruki’s Short Story Collection “A Slow Boat to China”: “A Slow Boat to China”, “A Poor Aunt Story,” and “New York Mining Disaster”

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2022-April-01
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