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(Altar)Making A Sacred Latinx Space, Tatiana Pamela Alfaro Jan 2021

(Altar)Making A Sacred Latinx Space, Tatiana Pamela Alfaro

Senior Projects Spring 2021

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


Luzverde/Greenlight: A History Of Advocacy For Access To Driver’S Licenses For Undocumented New Yorkers, Diego A. Callenbach Jan 2021

Luzverde/Greenlight: A History Of Advocacy For Access To Driver’S Licenses For Undocumented New Yorkers, Diego A. Callenbach

Senior Projects Spring 2021

This project addresses the history of advocacy for driver's license access for undocumented New Yorkers from 2017-2021. This project explores a biography of two central advocates of the campaign and their rhetoric of participation in grassroots social movements. This project dissects the various tactics used in the organization of a policy-oriented campaign known as Greenlight. Greenlight is the colloquial name for the bill passed in legislation in 2019. Greenlight (Drivers Access and Privacy Act) allowed residents that do not have social security numbers to be eligible to obtain driver's licenses. This project used in-person and virtual ethnography as a means …


“Pero, Díganme”: Don Felipe Guamán Poma De Ayala Y Su Relato De La Historia Del Perú, Kady Drorbaugh Jan 2021

“Pero, Díganme”: Don Felipe Guamán Poma De Ayala Y Su Relato De La Historia Del Perú, Kady Drorbaugh

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Principally, this project analyzes the indigenous Andean prince Don Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala’s El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno de las Yndias, a historical account of pre-conquest Inca civilization, the consequent Spanish invasion, and colonial Peru up until 1613. His report of the injustice and mistreatment of the Andean people under Spanish colonial rule is established to then propose radical transformations to the colonial state and the place of indigenous people in it. I contextualize his work with a brief background of important features of both Incan and colonial Spanish society that he discusses, as well as specifically …


Lana Sube Lana Baja, La Maquilladora Lo Trabaja, Davide De La Cruz Jan 2021

Lana Sube Lana Baja, La Maquilladora Lo Trabaja, Davide De La Cruz

Senior Projects Spring 2021

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