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.

Craft in Modernity

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2015-January-01
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Since the industrial revolution, the craftsman has occupied an increasingly precarious position in society. The once obvious and natural role of craft is threatened. Craft production sits in uneasy tension with forces of modernity, practicality, industry, economy, and reproduction. These...

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Does every step count? Soil weathering edition, Vassar College

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2024-May-15
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Weathering impacts everything, from minerals' chemistry to mountains and soil. Soils are a natural resource created from weathered materials, so analyzing them would tell us more about the chemical, physical, and at times biological process of weathering. Soils cover much...

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