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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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An Assessment of the Vassar-Poughkeepsie Town-and-Gown Divide: Strategies for a Sustainable and Collaborative Future

Publication Date
2023-April-24
Authors
Blessing, Gaia
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This paper explores the town-and-gown divide between the college and local communities in order to investigate how institutions of higher education can foster mutually beneficial relationships with their neighbors. The project culminates in a guidebook of proposals for the college...

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Society of the Culinary Spectacle: An Analysis of the Mediated Relationship Between Female Celebrity Chefs And the Kitchen

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Olivia Harries
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Gender remains a primary issue in the culinary, area, and a diachronic analysis of the portrayal of women in food media highlights the role that representation plays in both reinforcing and easing this divide. By examining the personas of Julia...

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The Poughkeepsie Farmers Market: Whiteness and the Logic of Food Access

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
David A. Orkin
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The Poughkeepsie Farmers Market was the epitome of the Poughkeepsie Farm Project's mission to create a "just and sustainable food system in the Hudson Valley." While farm itself had been operating for many years prior to the program, it had...

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What Do You Meme? An Exploration of Internet Communication Through Memes

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Tilley, Shannon
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The topic of memes and the ethnographies they create are discussed. Memes that have been created and adopted by alt-right communities, specifically incels, illustrate their ideologies while simultaneously validating their views and recruiting insecure, vulnerable populations. Memes from times past...

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