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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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"Racism is Solved!" A Fake Conservative's Guide to Social Justice

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Villella, Victoria Dunne
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

Under the cloak of a character who is as ignorant as he is conservative, Stephen Colbert delivers snaps-worthy "truthiness"-insights that often shine a light to mainstream systemic forms of oppression by embodying their very nature. In my thesis, I acknowledge...

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Tempelhofer Feld and the Right to the City: Towards Better Democracies in Berlin

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Michael Kiel
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Tempelhof, a field dating to Prussia and earlier, served the national socialists as an airport and site of oppression, as well as a lifeline for the allies in the iconic Berlin Airlift, bringing food to the residents of West Berlin...

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Voice of the Machine

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Eads, Sean Jackson
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Opening a discussion about digital voices in contemporary spaces and popular music in two parts: 1) An essay that traces discourses of disembodiment and the rise in prominence of digital voices in electronic music, enumerates the ways in which they...

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