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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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Meditative Breath Promotes Healing in the Process of Loss, Grief and Mourning

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kiara Segal
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Death and grief are universal experiences. Although this suffering is endured privately, individuals are often encouraged to seek external resources such as medication, therapy or religion to ease their pain. The objective of this study was to determine how a...

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Miyazaki’s Moving Cities: Examining Place, Paradox, and Fantasy in the European Architecture of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle

Publication Date
2020-May-16
Authors
Jain, Cassie
Department or Program
Art Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

As evidenced by the opening sequences of both films, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle can be read both narratively and visually. Jonathan Ellis asserts that Miyazaki can be understood not only as a master storyteller, but also as...

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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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