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.

From Self Culture to Self Promotion: An Interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's Walden as an Anticipation of America's post Civil War Cultural Transition From Transcendental Individualism to Institutional Professionalism

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2012-January-01
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Shifting music culture in the age of streaming

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2017-January-01
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This thesis investigates why music streaming services are so popular, beyond their affordability, and the ways in which streaming is shifting music culture. Certain aspects of listening culture which we tend to understand as originating from streaming services, specifically the...

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Words: Interacting With Propaganda

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2014-January-01
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<em>Words </em>is a game based at its core on the idea that American citizens should have access to a form of media that gives them the power to interact with, and alter, political propaganda. Defined as information that is "especially...

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