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Michael Faraday’S “Lines Of Force” And The Role Of Heuristic Models In Early Electromagnetic Field Theory, Nicolas Sandy Engst Matthews

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

The City After: Crises In Contemporary New York Narratives, Rachel Peri Papert

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Blasian And Proud: Examining Racialized Experiences Amongst Half Black And Half Japanese Youth In Japan, Helen Itsel Aracena

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Problems With Using Statistics To Justify Institutional Policies, Justin Shin

Senior Projects Spring 2017

It is becoming increasingly common for institutions to use statistics to inform policy decisions. We should be prepared to ask ourselves what regulatory principles should be imposed on institutions that seek to justify certain policies through deference to a statistical analysis. This paper will examine the difficulties that come with using statistics to justify actions, and argue that certain standards of transparency and verifiability should be expected from any institution that seeks to involve a statistical analysis in the formation of policies. I will first use Market Share Liability, an established use of statistics, to draw out what responsibilities an …

Together We’Ll Make Magic: Exploring The Relationship Between Empathy And Literature Using Ruth Ozeki’S “A Tale For The Time Being”, Janet Lindsay Dinozzi-Houser

Senior Projects Spring 2017

My project is devoted to untangling the often-misunderstood and misapplied subject of empathy, particularly as it relates to the reading process. I begin with a brief background of the term’s history and the debate surrounding its use by researchers in the fields of both Psychology and Philosophy of Mind. I then apply this critical understanding of a commonly invoked term to a close reading of contemporary novel A Tale for The Time Being by Japanese-American novelist Ruth Ozeki. Dedicated primarily to the fictional story of Nao Yasutani, a teenage girl struggling with her recent move back to Japan after a …

Portraits Of The Most Sane, David Leonard Mamukelashvili

Senior Projects Spring 2017

The project discusses Géricault's Portraits of the Insane and interprets them as his self-reflective works, interpreting the series as the projections of artist's socio-political views.

Filiki Etaireia: The Rise Of A Secret Society In The Making Of The Greek Revolution, Nicholas Michael Rimikis

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Gender In Contemporary Iran In The Works Of Abbas Kowsari, Domantas Karalius

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

(In)Authenticité: De Brûler À La Manière De La Glace, Elizabeth Jane Israel

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

“Report All Obscene Mail To Your Postmaster” Reading, Institutions, And The American Public, Post-Revolution And 1965, Connor Christopher Boehme

Senior Projects Spring 2017

This project attempts to understand how Americans are able to imagine themselves as a political public in two revolutionary moments: just after the American Revolution, and in 1965, at the heart of the Civil Rights era. The public, which the Constitution labels “We, the people,” is explored first in Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, which postulates the institutional conditions necessary for its readership, the first generation of Americans, to form a political public. The project then studies the “We,” of the Constitution’s preamble and considers how readers can interpret who is signified by that “We.” 1965 saw a cultural revolution in America …

Free Of Memory: The Importance Of The Underworld To The Completion Of The Archetypal Hero's Quest, Emily Rachel Payne

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Orpheus' Poesis: Internal Narration In Book 10 Of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ivan Rothier Ditmars

Senior Projects Spring 2017

In book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the poet Orpheus appears and begins to sing a series of myths. This project explores the relationship that Ovid establishes between this poet’s own life and the songs he sings. I argue that Orpheus’ sequence of stories effects a process of self-reflection which, when analyzed from beginning to end, communicates a marked progression of the poet’s attitudes. Within a universe defined by mutability, Orpheus becomes a paradigm for internal change, for self-motivated transformation.

Questioning Authority: An Exploration Of Montaigne And Borges, Keith Warren Roscoe

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Death In The City Of Light : The Culture Of Death In Paris From The Middle Ages Through The Nineteenth Century, Augusta Julia Klein

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Small Vanities, Alexander Weinstock

Senior Projects Spring 2017

This project is about how people present themselves and how we interpret that presentation.

The Worth Of Aura In The Work Of Fine Art Publishing, Alexander Kunin Bacon

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Diaspora As Nation: Examining The Transnational Mobility Of Syrian Armenians During Wartime, Sosi Segal Lepejian

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Fundamentalism And Cultural Anxieties: Scott Lively And The Ugandan Christian Right, Wylie Milton Earp

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

“Shutting Her Up:” An Exploration Of The Madwoman And The Madhouse In Victorian Literature, Savannah Jane Bachman

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

New York To Hollywood: Advertising, Narrative Formats, And Changing Televisual Space In The 1950'S, Peter Mccormack

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to the Division of Social Studies of Bard College

Degradation And Race In Anacristina Rossi's Limón Reggae, Joseph Timothy Morgan Jr.

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Rustic Roots And Fiddle Hell: An Ethnography Of Fiddle Camps In The Northeastern United States, Flannery Blanchard Brown

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

There And Now, Tinghua Huang

Senior Projects Spring 2017

THERE AND NOW

by Tinghua Huang

History/Observation of Life/Rebellion/Challenge/ Time/(without)Intention

In my exhibition, I have photos, bags, garments, the FIT IN room, and a clock with a second display. I will explain my points for choosing to put them in my show, and it is up to you, the viewers, to take it, expand it, or not. I believe there is never a final answer to art, as long as humans have their own ability to think.

I made the choice of putting the photos in my show to convey a straightforward sense of my personal background: where I am …

Mexican Nationalism In Ignacio Manuel Altamirano’S Clemencia, Josue Efrain Pontaza

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Reframing The Ofrenda, An Analysis Of Material Culture Through The Death Cult Of Mexico, Xochitl Tarcila Salazar

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Little Creatures: Samuel Beckett And The Language Of The Unnamable, Adam Daniel Brown

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Human Gumbo And All Its Glory: Taking A Look At Black Culture And Mardi Gras Indians In The Face Of Erasure, Jayde Tyranique Davis

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

The Polyrhythms Of The Ear Canal: Investigating The Human Body As An Instrument And Listening Machine Inspired By Hearing, Attention, And Alvin Lucier, Philippa Ruthe Kelmenson

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Halfway into my college career, I was asked if my attention and hearing impairments had ever benefitted me in any way. Although I refused to see it at the time, it is this exact dichotomy between hearing as passive reception and listening as active concentration that informs my musical work. From otoacoustic emissions to tinnitus frequencies, the ear is an active amplifier of its own sounds, acting as an instrument responding to sound information. To distinguish acoustic elements generated outside of the ear from those taking shape within it, we are required to internally perceive all acoustic information. But is …

When The Canon Backfires: Deconstructing The Centrality Of Hannah Arendt To Human Rights Critical Theory, Nicholas Alexander Lynch

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Hannah Arendt's name and ideas are pervasive in Human Rights critical theory. In fact, Arendt is one of the few scholars we can confidently situate within the Human Rights canon in 2017. Contemporary "re-readings" of The Human Condition and The Origins of Totalitarianism tend to appropriate Arendtian ideas in the attempt to create a theoretical basis for universal rights. Nevertheless, Arendt wrote a defense of racial segregation in the American South, and held personal views that contradict most contemporary notions of social justice. In this paper, I take a deconstructive approach to the reactionary assumptions about humanity and justice that …

The Library In Literature, Hannah Madelene Richter Livant

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.