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2015

Vassar Scholarship

Sensual Spaces: When experience meets architecture and art

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Zwiebel, Sasha
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Space is inherently embodied–to be in space one must physically, three-dimensionally, encounter it. But what would happen if the sensory, affective, embodied human was at the center of spatial design? What would be the role of the senses and how...

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Sex Work in Cyberspace: Geographies of Desire in Digital Frontiers of the United States

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Danyelle Hamilton
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project follows the shifting geography of erotic companionship and the changing demographics of women who take on this kind of work. From origins in mining towns, urban centers, and Las Vegas brothels to home-based, online performances for audiences across...

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Society of the Culinary Spectacle: An Analysis of the Mediated Relationship Between Female Celebrity Chefs And the Kitchen

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Olivia Harries
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Gender remains a primary issue in the culinary, area, and a diachronic analysis of the portrayal of women in food media highlights the role that representation plays in both reinforcing and easing this divide. By examining the personas of Julia...

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Speed as Signifier: McDonald's as a Contested Space

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Lucero, Zachary
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Those who control spaces are able to regulate what moves through them and the speed at which they do so; as such, space has a tendency of being reorganized in favor of those who move more quickly at greater expenditures...

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Surrealist Fashion: A Critical Introduction

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Bowen, Taylor
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

My project explores the role of fashion in the commercialization of the Surrealist movement and the lasting impact of Surrealist language and imagery on the landscape of fashion design. Drawing on my survey and analysis of the history of the...

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