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.

Rave Capital: Struggles over Space in Berlin’s Electronic Music Scene

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2023-April-26
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This thesis examines the evolution and spatial manifestation of Berlin’s electronic music scene, particularly its techno and club subculture, as it struggles with the dominant culture of the city for space and the right to the city. Through a historical...

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Techno-Orientalism in contemporary Hollywood cinema

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2016-January-01
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Within the last few decades, cyberpunk has burgeoned in various fields of art, literature, and cinema. "Techno-Orientalism," the depiction of the "orient" in a digitalized environment, has been a major theme in cyberpunk. In works like Neal Stephenson's <em>Snow Crash </em>...

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