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Behind Closed Doors: How Remittance Flows Changed Repression Dynamics In Beneficiary States During Covid-19, Ketevan Tsurtsumia Jan 2023

Behind Closed Doors: How Remittance Flows Changed Repression Dynamics In Beneficiary States During Covid-19, Ketevan Tsurtsumia

Senior Projects Spring 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the global world in a lot of ways. Extensive research has been done on its effect on the economic growth of states, the effectiveness of government responses, the efficacy of different vaccines, and vaccine diplomacy. However, changes in state repression have been a neglected topic in research focused on understanding and analyzing the processes that took place during the pandemic. This paper will take on the topic of state repression dynamics during COVID-19 and further develop this relationship using remittances as an additional variable that affects state repression, taking state repression as a dependent variable. Finally, …


Coup De Grâce, Violet Rea Mass Jan 2023

Coup De Grâce, Violet Rea Mass

Senior Projects Spring 2023

This project, composed of an introduction and a fiction piece, explores the complex power dynamics at play on the university stage put into perspective of the Human Rights study. The fiction follows young Olive as arrives for her first term at a university in a secluded valley where she must come to terms with a darkness greater than she had ever imagined.


Picturing Rights, Judging Wrongs: Photography And The Emergence Of Human Rights, Austin Dilley Jan 2021

Picturing Rights, Judging Wrongs: Photography And The Emergence Of Human Rights, Austin Dilley

Senior Projects Spring 2021

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


Health In The Musical Profession: A Human Rights Investigation At The Intersections Of Identity, Reputation, And Resources, Jillian P. Reed Jan 2020

Health In The Musical Profession: A Human Rights Investigation At The Intersections Of Identity, Reputation, And Resources, Jillian P. Reed

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This project investigates the effects of illness, injury, and disability on professional musicians. Issues of the musician’s identity, importance of reputation, and disability stigma are explored through firsthand accounts of 15 musicians who faced health challenges during their careers. My original research also includes the data from 200 responses to my musicians’ health survey. The patchwork of resources available to these musicians is examined through the lenses of human rights claiming and humanitarian charity, with a focus on healthcare, interpersonal accommodations, and the currently insufficient legal protections for this population.

On a micro scale, this paper is about the experiences …


What Lies In The Market: The Untold Connections Between Dominicans And Haitians, Edwar C. Aviles Mercedes Jan 2020

What Lies In The Market: The Untold Connections Between Dominicans And Haitians, Edwar C. Aviles Mercedes

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Submitted to the Divison of Social Studies of Bard College.


What Does It Mean To Belong In San Antonio? How The Battle Of The Alamo And The Cart Wars Shaped What It Means To Be American Through The Institutionalization Of Discrimination And Violence Toward Those Of Mexican Descent, Madison Endesha Sharp-Johnson Jan 2018

What Does It Mean To Belong In San Antonio? How The Battle Of The Alamo And The Cart Wars Shaped What It Means To Be American Through The Institutionalization Of Discrimination And Violence Toward Those Of Mexican Descent, Madison Endesha Sharp-Johnson

Senior Projects Spring 2018

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


Sentimentality Has Its Place In Human Rights Activism: Nadia Murad Basee Taha’S Testimony And The Yazidi Story, Miranda Rose Shulman Jan 2017

Sentimentality Has Its Place In Human Rights Activism: Nadia Murad Basee Taha’S Testimony And The Yazidi Story, Miranda Rose Shulman

Senior Projects Spring 2017

This project tells the story of Nadia Murad and the Yazidi genocide of 2014 through analysis of her own testimony and considers the success and the intricacies of her approach to aiding the Yazidis who suffer to this day. It discusses the power of using sentimentality and emotion in human rights activism.


Engaging Family Values: Global And Religious Dimensions To Lgbt Rights In South Africa, Gabriela Alis Philo Jan 2015

Engaging Family Values: Global And Religious Dimensions To Lgbt Rights In South Africa, Gabriela Alis Philo

Senior Projects Spring 2015

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


The Embattlement Of Reproduction: Exploring The Contemporary Pro-Life Movement As Embodied In Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Madeline Marie Mcquail Jan 2014

The Embattlement Of Reproduction: Exploring The Contemporary Pro-Life Movement As Embodied In Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Madeline Marie Mcquail

Senior Projects Spring 2014

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