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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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Craft in Modernity

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Nicholas Meehan
Department or Program
American Culture Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Since the industrial revolution, the craftsman has occupied an increasingly precarious position in society. The once obvious and natural role of craft is threatened. Craft production sits in uneasy tension with forces of modernity, practicality, industry, economy, and reproduction. These...

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The Legacy of Colonization, The Damage of Gentrification, The Strength of Community: Examining Displacing Phenomena Throughout History in the City of Brotherly Love

Publication Date
2023-April-30
Authors
Ziegler, Henry
Department or Program
Urban Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The aim of this project is to interrogate these processes, to examine how gentrification is impacting the firmly rooted Black community of North Central Philadelphia, to examine how colonization impacted and continues to affect Indigenous and marginalized residents of the...

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