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Mining For Progress: Copper, Conflict, And Corporate Social Responsibility, Fritz Culp
Mining For Progress: Copper, Conflict, And Corporate Social Responsibility, Fritz Culp
Theses and Dissertations
My dissertation examines how transnational mega-mines efface non-Western ways of knowing and being from the Andes. A growing branch of research is questioning the socio-environmental impacts of mining and the influence of regulatory institutions. Despite remarkable scholarship on the ongoing environmentalism of modern-mining, little critical attention has been given to the industry’s pivot to ‘sustainable’ development and its objectives that remain epistemologically centered on the West. My project addresses these gaps by examining Las Bambas—a large-scale copper mine located in South-Central Peru—and its contrasting objectives that emphasize both environmental ‘conservation’ and the ‘modernization’ of non-Western spaces. Building upon the critical …
“Pandemias Políticas: The Effects Of Political And Social Instability On Infectious Disease Epidemiology In Latin America"”, Sarah H. Noonan
“Pandemias Políticas: The Effects Of Political And Social Instability On Infectious Disease Epidemiology In Latin America"”, Sarah H. Noonan
Senior Theses
This paper seeks to analyze the relationship between political and social unrest and conflict and infectious disease epidemiology in Latin America. An analysis of published literature regarding epidemiological, biomedical, political, and historical content was conducted to highlight potential connections between infectious disease epidemics and sociopolitical conflict in the region. Specific analyses of Smallpox, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Chagas disease, Cholera, Dengue, and COVID-19 were conducted, in an effort to uncover potential causations and context of epidemics of these conditions. Results of this analysis depict a necessity for further research into public health and disease control mechanisms during times of conflict and …
Patria, Padre Y Exilio: La Estética Epifánica De James Joyce En ‘Últimos Atardeceres En La Tierra’ De Roberto Bolaño, Peter Finucane
Patria, Padre Y Exilio: La Estética Epifánica De James Joyce En ‘Últimos Atardeceres En La Tierra’ De Roberto Bolaño, Peter Finucane
Senior Theses and Projects
Although Roberto Bolaño’s outwardly irreverent, stridently innovative fictions might not show it, the Chilean author read widely. Beyond the primary, ample influence of Jorge Luis Borges in Bolaño’s literary production, I believe James Joyce to be a clear second. This thesis uncovers the Joycean aesthetic specifically in Bolaño’s short story “Últimos atardeceres en la tierra,” (2001) where I contend that the author succeeds in joining the violence of Latin American fiction with the generative epiphany of the European Joyce, particularly from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). I suggest that Bolaño does so in order to …
Rosal De María By Soror Maria Do Céu: A Pedagogical Edition And Literary Analysis, Bailey Willden
Rosal De María By Soror Maria Do Céu: A Pedagogical Edition And Literary Analysis, Bailey Willden
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Soror Maria do Céu’s Rosal de María, second of the five plays published in her work Triunfo do Rosario, is an exemplary work of early modern convent drama because the didactic, allegorical purposes of the play interact with rich symbolism and mastery of the literary conventions of the day. Written to perform as part of the celebrations for the Feast of the Rosary, Rosal de Maria fulfills the same purpose of the Rosary itself, leading worshipers in their contemplation on the life of Christ. She creates a living Rosary on the stage by employing elements like floral imagery, transferred classicism …
Comparing Measures Of Phonological Development For Bilingual Speech Sample Analysis: A Descriptive Study, Julianna Ciccarelli
Comparing Measures Of Phonological Development For Bilingual Speech Sample Analysis: A Descriptive Study, Julianna Ciccarelli
Honors Projects
The present study analyzed two common measures of phonology for use within a bilingual (Spanish-English) preschool population. The utilized measures include Percentage of Consonants Correct-Revised (PCC-R) and Phonological Mean Length of Utterance (pMLU) and were selected to avoid sources of bias, often found in standardized, norm-referenced assessments. The scores calculated from these measures were analyzed across language.
El Ascendiente Latinoamericano En La Literatura Euskaldun: “Realismo Mágico”, “Literatura Mundial” Y La Emergencia Del Campo Literario Vasco, Gustavo Jimenez Vaquero
El Ascendiente Latinoamericano En La Literatura Euskaldun: “Realismo Mágico”, “Literatura Mundial” Y La Emergencia Del Campo Literario Vasco, Gustavo Jimenez Vaquero
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
My dissertation, “El ascendiente latinoamericano en la literatura euskaldun: ‘realismo mágico’, ‘literatura mundial’ y la emergencia del campo literario vasco” (“The Latin American Ascendency of Basque Literature: ‘magical realism,’ ‘world literature’ and the emergence of the Basque literary field”), analyzes the influence of Latin American literature in the formation of modern Basque literature vis-a-vis contemporary debates of World Literature. Contradicting the nationalist agenda governing the metanarrative elaborated by Basque literary histories, my work uncovers the Latin American ascendency of modern Basque literature in the canonical works of a group of Basque writers who played a key role in the modernization …
La Voz Obrera En Chile (1879-1937): Lenguaje Y Escritura De La Clase Trabajadora Chilena En El Proceso De Construcción Nacional, Tania A. Aviles Vergara
La Voz Obrera En Chile (1879-1937): Lenguaje Y Escritura De La Clase Trabajadora Chilena En El Proceso De Construcción Nacional, Tania A. Aviles Vergara
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This study examines the linguistic construction of social personae (voice) of the Chilean working class during the process of nation-state formation in the late 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Specifically, it considers the mediation of writing in processes of identity formation and emerging political stances in a historical context characterized by the intense socioeconomic, linguistic and cultural transformations that took place in Chile during a period of capitalist development and national modernization. The corpus is made up of a set of seventy familiar letters written by soldiers, miners and women who experienced the territorial expansion brought …
The Effects Of Musical Experience And Aptitude On Phonological Skills In A Foreign Language, Joshua Shockley
The Effects Of Musical Experience And Aptitude On Phonological Skills In A Foreign Language, Joshua Shockley
Honors Theses
Music has been shown to have an important effect on L2 language acquisition. Recently, researchers have investigated how musical ability or experience can give an advantage to L2 learners attempting to acquire specific aspects of a second language in the beginning stages of language acquisition. This study investigates this connection between musicality and early L2 ability in Spanish through a series of tests including a musical aptitude test, two language aptitude tests, a Spanish receptive test, and a Spanish imitation test. Results revealed no significant correlations between musical ability or experience and language ability as tested by the aptitude, receptive, …
Mapping Memory: Locational Memory In The First-Person Narrative Of Three Latinx Writers, Stephanie R. Beasley
Mapping Memory: Locational Memory In The First-Person Narrative Of Three Latinx Writers, Stephanie R. Beasley
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
Locational memory, which relies upon our natural inclination to store and recall images, adds spatial orientation to a narrative, and provides an accessible framework for the recreation of the past in first-person narrative. The power of locational imagery as a device of memory is both historically and scientifically supported. It is essential to the system of artificial memory that the ancient Greeks called a memory palace, described by both Mary Carruthers and Paul Ricouer. Scientifically, studies show that the strongest autobiographical memories are based on visual imagery and that recall of specific locations provides a cognitive basis for the recreation …
La Mirada Masculina En Nadie Me Vera Llorar De Cristina Rivera Garza: Reflejos E Imagenes Fragmentadas Del Cuerpo Y De La Mente Femenina, Riley T. Davis
La Mirada Masculina En Nadie Me Vera Llorar De Cristina Rivera Garza: Reflejos E Imagenes Fragmentadas Del Cuerpo Y De La Mente Femenina, Riley T. Davis
Honors Papers
Al crecer en plena época de las redes sociales, uno de los dilemas centrales de mi adolescencia era “¿cómo puedo representarme para que los demás sepan quien soy?” o más honestamente, “¿para que ellos me perciban cómo yo quiero parecerles?” Mientras que me siento afortunada por haber experimentado con mi propia imagen (aunque lo hacía durante mis años más vulnerables y confusos), este proyecto ha sido una oportunidad de reflexión y análisis de mi propia experiencia como persona que se identifica como mujer y con la feminidad debajo del ojo patriarcal. A la vez que mis amigas y yo experimentamos …
The Representations Of Parental Relationships In Zoraida Córdova's Novel: The Inheritance Of Orquídea Divina, Leslie Aurora Calle
The Representations Of Parental Relationships In Zoraida Córdova's Novel: The Inheritance Of Orquídea Divina, Leslie Aurora Calle
Senior Projects Spring 2022
The representations of parental relationships in Zoraida Córdova's novel: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, makes the main characters of the novel as complex, multidimensional, emotional, and independent.
Not Or But And: Tusán Identity In 1920s Chinese-Peruvian Poetry, Zachary Young
Not Or But And: Tusán Identity In 1920s Chinese-Peruvian Poetry, Zachary Young
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Teoría & Creatividad. La Imagen Visual De La Lírica Y La Competencia Emocional En La Representación Del Arte, Isabel Urdaneta
Teoría & Creatividad. La Imagen Visual De La Lírica Y La Competencia Emocional En La Representación Del Arte, Isabel Urdaneta
Honors Undergraduate Theses
El mundo se encuentra lleno de seres humanos que a lo largo de los siglos han desarrollado sorprendentes destrezas y habilidades que les han permitido desarrollarse como individuos en una sociedad. Satisfacerse de las necesidades básicas no es lo suficiente para el ser humano quien debe además desarrollar una forma de comunicación oral y escrita para poder expresar ideas y pensamientos. Partiendo de la noción de que el ser humano necesita comunicarse para poder expresarse, se puede decir que nace la idea de la literatura y el valor de la creatividad humana. La literatura siendo el arte de una lengua …
The Fantastic Debate: Religion, Ideology, And National Identity In The Short Fiction Of Nineteenth-Century Spain, Morgan Keith Stewart
The Fantastic Debate: Religion, Ideology, And National Identity In The Short Fiction Of Nineteenth-Century Spain, Morgan Keith Stewart
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
This dissertation analyzes fantastic short fiction in terms of its relationship to the traditionalist and progressive forces that were vying for hegemonic control over Spanish national identity in the ever-changing period of the nineteenth century, demonstrating how these powers shaped Spain’s past and future national character to suit ideologically driven narratives and revealing how fantastic literature can disrupt these narratives to unlock new patterns of thought. In Chapter 1, entitled “Fantastic Short Fiction and National Identity,” I delineate the historical/political circumstances that led to the rise of Spain’s dominant ideological frameworks. I also establish my own definition of the fantastic …
First-Person Politics: Strategies Of Latin/X American Women To Change The Neoliberal Requirements For Empowerment And Inclusion One Share, Like, Subscribe At A Time, Marlee Northcutt
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
This project investigates the strategies of Latin/x American women who have used their voices and influence in the media to break barriers, enter spaces that have excluded them, and advocate for changes so that young girls like them do not have to face these same limitations. Chapter One investigates politicians who, from their political power positions, interweave personal stories with their accomplishments to provide role models for these careers. Chapter Two identifies actors who combine their personal stories with activist causes to alter representation in TV and film. The YouTubers in Chapter Three bolster a rhetoric of empowerment to encourage …
Clitic Doubling: The Case Of Nariño Andean Spanish, Jessica Paola Jurado Eraso
Clitic Doubling: The Case Of Nariño Andean Spanish, Jessica Paola Jurado Eraso
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
This thesis examines the behavior of clitic doubling in Nariñense, a little-studied Andean Spanish variety spoken in the southwest of Colombia, and compares it to well-studied varieties such as standard Peninsular, Rioplatense, and other Andean Spanish varieties. Its aim is to present novel data about clitic doubling in order to shed more light into the extensive literature about this phenomenon in Spanish. Through spontaneous speech recordings obtained from thirty native speakers of Nariñense, 133 sentences involving clitic doubling were analyzed. Features such as agreement matching between the clitic and the doubled NP, use of the preposition a to introduce the …
The Artist's Diary, Anamae Gilroy
The Artist's Diary, Anamae Gilroy
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.
Ec-Static Images: Reading Spirits In Eduardo L. Holmberg’S Viaje Maravilloso Del Señor Nic-Nac, Zoe Allen
Ec-Static Images: Reading Spirits In Eduardo L. Holmberg’S Viaje Maravilloso Del Señor Nic-Nac, Zoe Allen
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Nuevas Posibilidades Para La Subjetividad Feminista En La Literatura Del Cono Sur, Kate Elizabeth Tapscott
Nuevas Posibilidades Para La Subjetividad Feminista En La Literatura Del Cono Sur, Kate Elizabeth Tapscott
Honors Projects
¿Cómo es que se puede escapar verdaderamente de la opresión patriarcal? Esta investigación aborda a través de un análisis de la literatura de escritoras del Cono Sur el asunto complicado de la liberación bajo un sistema en constante mutación. En el primer capítulo, a partir de aportes teóricos de Freud, Josefina Ludmer y Homi Bhabha entre otros, analizo cuentos de Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, y Clarice Lispector cuyas protagonistas intentan resistir su condición de víctima con diversos grados de éxito. En el capítulo que sigue, exploro una tendencia reciente en la literatura de escritoras del Cono Sur que incorpora …
La Representación De La Masculinidad En El Personaje Del Policía: Cine, Televisión Y Novela Española Del Siglo Xxi, Daniel Fonfría-Perera
La Representación De La Masculinidad En El Personaje Del Policía: Cine, Televisión Y Novela Española Del Siglo Xxi, Daniel Fonfría-Perera
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
This research focuses on the type of hegemonic masculinity—a term that has traditionally belonged to a purely sociology domain—exhorted in the works of fiction published and released in Spain in the last two decades, searching for patterns that indicate that a normative type is encouraged. After tracing the different types of hegemonic masculinities that have characterized policemen since the late 30’s, the findings show how the modern notion of masculinity depicted in the works analyzed, even though it can no longer be considered monolithic, still shares some patterns with the masculinity predominant in cultural products during Francoism.
Propuestas De Autoría Y Datación En El Teatro De Lope De Vega A La Luz De La Inteligencia Artificial, Álvaro Cuéllar
Propuestas De Autoría Y Datación En El Teatro De Lope De Vega A La Luz De La Inteligencia Artificial, Álvaro Cuéllar
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on the numerous authorship and dating problems presented by the Spanish Golden Age theatre. Specifically, it focuses on Lope de Vega (1562-1635), a notable and highly successful playwright of this period. Through the compilation of a wide set of texts and the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques (machine learning), a control corpus is evaluated to find the best systems and parameters. Once this evaluation has been undertaken, a large group of plays is analyzed to try to obtain results that can illuminate some real problems of authorship and dating in relation …
Maternidad En España: Una Investigación Sobre Cómo Las Mujeres Navegan Los Límites Patriarcales Para Ampliar Visiones Y Realidades De La Maternidad, Katerina Tanasijevic
Maternidad En España: Una Investigación Sobre Cómo Las Mujeres Navegan Los Límites Patriarcales Para Ampliar Visiones Y Realidades De La Maternidad, Katerina Tanasijevic
Honors Theses
A través de una investigación de películas españolas, una obra de teatro y el activismo de salud pública, esta tesis disecciona la historia de la maternidad en España. Se enfoca en madres no tradicionales, que difieren de los ideales patriarcales y heteronormativos de lo que debe ser una madre débil, cómplice y en un nivel inferior a sus contrapartes masculinas. En un estudio de madres fuertes en películas que las compara con ejemplos de la actualidad, argumento que las madres no tradicionales en España experimentan momentos de autonomía, empoderamiento e independencia. Sin embargo, estos momentos existen y dependen de una …
“What Does The Black Legend Have To Do With Cusco?”: Un Discurso De La Alteridad, La Evangelización, Y El Arte Religioso En El Cusco Colonial, Cammy Bly
Senior Independent Study Theses
Este trabajo considera las representaciones gráficas y artísticas de la conquista y la evangelización de las Américas en el contexto de la construcción del yo y del otro de Tzvetan Todorov y la reconceptualización de La Leyenda Negra de Walter Mignolo. Todorov propone que la conquista de las Américas es la conquista que “el yo hace del otro” (Todorov 13). Según Todorov, la construcción de la alteridad, u otherness, motivó las acciones de los conquistadores en las Américas y puso a los indígenas en una posición social inferior. Además de la teoría de Todorov, Walter Mignolo utiliza el …
Yo Soy Rumano (I Am Romanian): An Autobiography Exploring The Effects Of Memory And Trauma On The Formation Of The Self, Andrei Bucaloiu
Yo Soy Rumano (I Am Romanian): An Autobiography Exploring The Effects Of Memory And Trauma On The Formation Of The Self, Andrei Bucaloiu
Honors Theses
I came to the United States from Romania with my parents when I was two years old. This moment of cultural, linguistic, and geographic separation occurred before I was able to consciously recall it, yet it constitutes a traumatic experience, in the Freudian and Lacanian sense, that defines my positionality and serves as a primary space in which I seek to develop who I am. However, regardless of how much I have developed my ability to communicate in English, it is not the language of my emotional affect. At the same time, profound expression in Romanian is not possible for …
New Word Learning In Spanish/English Bilingual Children, Haley Wemple
New Word Learning In Spanish/English Bilingual Children, Haley Wemple
Honors Projects
This study aims to examine how Spanish-speaking ELLs learn new words and their features within a storytelling context. Specifically, the aim is it learn how ELLs build their vocabularies by creating taxonomic (i.e. categorical) and thematic relations between novel and known words.
Healthcare Access Barriers And Proposed Solutions For Limited English-Proficient (Lep) Latinx Patients In Southwest Michigan, Carmen Vinkemulder
Healthcare Access Barriers And Proposed Solutions For Limited English-Proficient (Lep) Latinx Patients In Southwest Michigan, Carmen Vinkemulder
Honors Theses
This research study explores the circumstances and experiences of LatinX patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) when seeking treatment in the healthcare system of Southwest Michigan, in addition to proposing solutions to better facilitate this population’s access. The terminology used in this research, LatinX, is an American English neologism used as a genderinclusive term used interchangeably with Latino/a and/or Hispanic. This research provides an overview of the current socio-political legislature and climate of the American healthcare system as it pertains to the LatinX population to spread awareness and identify the barriers existing in our current healthcare model. This study will …
Deconstruyendo Narrativas Coloniales En Relatos Cortos Latinoamericanos, Olivia Gabrielle Bradley
Deconstruyendo Narrativas Coloniales En Relatos Cortos Latinoamericanos, Olivia Gabrielle Bradley
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Este artículo investiga cómo los autores de América Latina deconstruyen las narrativas coloniales en sus cuentos. Los cuatro relatos analizados son "Chac mool" por Carlos Fuentes, "Coatlicue" por Elena Poniatowska, "La noche boca arriba" por Julio Cortázar y "La culpa es de los Tlaxcaltecas" por Elena Garro. Mediante un estudio del uso del realismo mágico para promover críticas coloniales junto con una aplicación de la teoría de la descolonialidad, este artículo describe cómo los autores abordan los conceptos de la conquista española de México, la naturaleza dualista de la identidad mexicana y las estructuras de poder y opresión que persisten …
“Fake It!”: An Exploration Of Cinematography, Societal Expectations, And Artist Collaboration, Sullivan Perry
“Fake It!”: An Exploration Of Cinematography, Societal Expectations, And Artist Collaboration, Sullivan Perry
Undergraduate Honors Theses
An exploration of cinematography, societal expectations, and artist collaboration, “Fake It!” challenges the traditional definition of art. Part one follows the journey of creating a music video for an original song titled “Fake It!” by the band Model City. Location, lighting, camera, and editing choices are explained and connected to the song's themes of teenage angst, regret, and a rejection of societal norms. Part two explores the process of creating art by translating the hexadecimal color values from the music video into a new musical composition. This is accomplished through a mathematical process that converts the computer-identified RGB letters and …
Fórmulas De Tratamiento En Ocaña, Colombia, Liceth Bohorquez Leon
Fórmulas De Tratamiento En Ocaña, Colombia, Liceth Bohorquez Leon
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The paradigm of forms of address has been a recurrent topic of study from a sociolinguistic perspective. Voseo, tuteo and ustedeo are the forms of address used in the Hispanic world. Voseo expreses confidence and familiarity, while tuteo same as voseo, denotes confidence and familiarity. Finally, ustedeo has a connotation of formality, respect and distance. This thesis aims to examine how forms of address are used in Ocaña, Colombia, and the relationship between their use and the social factors that affect the choice of pronoun. To achieve this aim, a sociolinguistic survey was applied to 88 participants. The …
The Effects Of Multilingualism And Music Experience On Tone And Vowel Discrimination Ability, Niloufar Ansari Dezfuly
The Effects Of Multilingualism And Music Experience On Tone And Vowel Discrimination Ability, Niloufar Ansari Dezfuly
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This study investigates the effects of language background (monolingual/bilingual and early/late bilingual exposure), knowledge of a tonal language and music experience on auditory discrimination by employing tone and vowel discrimination tasks. A total number of 8,769 observations were analyzed using logistic regression to answer the following questions: (1) Do vowel and tone discrimination abilities correlate with language background in diverse groups of speakers such as monolinguals and bilinguals of different types (early/late bilinguals)? (2) Does musical training affect tone and vowel discrimination? (3) Does knowledge of tonal language affect tone discrimination? The findings suggest that with regard to vowel discrimination, …