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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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Legacies of Haunting: Confronting my Grandfather, his Films, and my Ghosts

Publication Date
2023-April-21
Authors
Azcona-Miller, Sara
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This thesis explores the paradoxical nature of Rafael Azcona’s legacy; Azcona is deeply ingrained in Spanish collective memory through his culturally significant films yet, contradictorily, my memories of him as my grandfather are very limited. Guided by an understanding of...

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LOL MY THESIS: An Exploration of the Written and Oral Linguistic Effects of Text Messaging

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kristen Elizabeth Palasick
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project explores a new register of language called 'textese,' which has developed as a result of text messaging via cell phones. I research how and why textese is being used, to understand how text messages are linguistically affecting the...

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The Social Displacement and Public Censorship of Public Spaces in Buenos Aires

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Matthias Howley
Department or Program
Urban Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Buenos Aires is home to many Bolivian immigrants, so much that they statistically have become a key member of the city's citizenry. This thesis entails the social and cultural mechanisms that prevent Bolivians from having a social representation in the...

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Whose 'Nature' is it in? The Navajo Generating Station and the Politics of Nature, Space and Colonialism in Northern Arizona

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Robinson-Welsh, Alicia A.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Page, Arizona is home to the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that provides the power for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and other consumers of electricity in the Southwest. Though the plant is not owned by the Navajo...

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