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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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"Well, I'm thinking about horse poverty": Teaching and Learning about Social Justice and the Arts with Elementary School Students

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kennen, Sophie
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This paper analyzes a social justice arts program that I developed and taught to third, fourth, and fifth grade students at one school in the Poughkeepsie, NY area. I begin this project by considering my own experiences in art class...

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some theses on corn: gente de maíz, mutual domestication, nonhuman relationality

Publication Date
2023-April-21
Authors
Vela Page, Olivia
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project is an attempt to play with "theses" as a form of research, integrating academic essay, creative writing, image collecting, making and intervening, and materiality. I examine the intersecting racial, social, and ecological implications of the term gente de...

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