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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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Envisioning Cyborg Hybridity Through Performance Art: A Case Study of Stelarc and His Exploration of Humanity in the Digital Age

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Cara Hunt
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

In this paper I argue that artistic representation has historically been and continues to be a valuable medium for envisioning new bodily forms and for raising important questions regarding changes in what it means to be human in an era...

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Unlanded Souls: Discussions Black Landownership Coming Out of the Port Royal Experiment

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Caroline Stanton
Department or Program
American Culture Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

During the Civil War the Port Royal Experiment – part government-funded enterprise in free slave labor, part abolitionist-fueled social experiment – provided the former slaves of the South Carolina Sea Islands with their first experiences of paid labor while learning...

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