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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.

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Designing interactive digital installation for human-human interaction in live music events

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

In the 21st century, there is a strong trend of the audience's personal technology-dependent behavior in live music events, specifically music concerts and music festivals. This project, <em>Interplaying, </em>investigates the way technology is used to encourage the audience's human-human interaction...

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The Salty Commons: Oyster Farmers Forging Socio-Ecosystems on Land & Sea

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Noonan, Julia
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Oystering along Long Island has a long and complex history. For thousands of years, oyster beds grew in abundance in the bays and estuaries of the East End, but with European colonization came unsustainable harvesting practices that led to complete...

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Uncovering the Collective Labor Behind the Singer/Songwriter: A Collaboratively Produced Album

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Smith, Samantha A. M.
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This project is an album consisting of nine original songs that I arranged, performed, and recorded at Vassar College. The accompanying thesis destabilizes the media construct of the independent singer/songwriter by interrogating the medium-specific space between the composition and the...

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