Gallatin Summer Research Blog

Authority is not an imposition, it is a gift. Perhaps it was a slogan on the side of a building,…

This month I wanted to look at different community organizations that are working to alleviate food insecurity in Brooklyn, New…

Lately I’ve been trying to hone in my idea of my research. I’ve been fairly scattered about my topics for…

As I reflect on this summer’s research, I am amazed with just how circuitous its development has been, how serpentine…

In my last blog post, I wrote a lot about Naadam week in Mongolia. It turns out I was wrong…

Over the past month, I have been working on embroidering the pull quotes on my quilt tops, quilting all three…

In my last post, I mentioned the way George Perec’s writing on the everyday provided a clear direction for my…

This month I’ve been working on making my paper outline, revising the first 1/2 part, and planning the creative output…

At this point in my research project, I am synthesizing the information that I have gathered so that I may…

Since returning from New Bedford, I have been contextualizing my findings within different philosophical, anthropological, and historical frameworks. In my…

End of Summer Research

I am conducting some final interviews, arranging the photographs for my exhibit, and beginning to analyze interview transcripts. So far,…

A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) to interview professors, activists, festival directors, and reenactors,…

With only three weeks to go before the plebiscite on the new proposed Chilean Constitution and with both campaigns ramping…

Last week I returned from spending 8 days in Kansas City, MO filming with KC Tenants. I was blown away…

Since the last blog post, I have been diving deep into the rabbit hole of Deleuze-influenced literature in order to…

This month I focused on learning more about the Central Brooklyn Food Co-op and food justice movements in New York…

Over the last couple of weeks, I have interviewed professors, activists, festival directors, and even cosplayers. They have all come…

Much has happened in the past month, especially since arriving in Ulaanbaatar on June 29th. These past two weeks, I…

As I continued into the summer with my research, I was hoping to land on a clearer direction and in…

Since my arrival in Chile six weeks ago, the final version of the new proposed constitution has been released and…

Over the past month, I have completed the construction of all of my mini quilt tops which use a fairly…

Throughout my research this summer, I have prioritized the people who have been driven out of their homes by forces…

Last week, I traveled to Massachusetts to begin researching the history of whaling in America. For the past week and…

It was by no means unheard of to me that proximity to European intellectual tradition is the metric by which…

Since the last post, I have been reading different materials to prepare myself for the lit review part of the…

HI! I am checking in from my research site of Paris, France. Since my last blog post on our forum,…

Something that has come up in my research over the course of the past month that has been largely influential…

I have recently become motivated to define a profile of Egyptian exceptionalism through the appendages of Western Empire. With this…

I began this project with the intention to travel to El Salvador to undertake a “cultural translation,” as Judith Butler…

I’m getting to a point in my research where I’m feeling really excited (antsy!) to get to Kansas City and…

My research this summer addresses the ways in which food insecurity in Black communities relates to environmental justice and how…

My project is a look into the effects of technology on society through the lens of contemporary art. I started…

My thesis offers an unexplored perspective of the relationship slavery had on Black homes and their relationship to architecture and…

My project centers around textile arts as a space for meaning-making, and often resilience. Over the course of my project,…

Santiago is flanked by the towering Cordilleras, a mountain range that can be seen on non-smoggy days from everywhere in…

This summer, my research focuses on the historical foundations to contemporary star making– centering on Louis XIV, the Sun King…

My research this summer hones in on Environmentally-induced displacement in the Northern region of Ghana. Approaching research from an anti-colonial…

After receiving feedback from various Gallatin faculty and guidance from Irene, my project has shifted direction a bit. I am…

After a couple initial conversations, with two participants and one mentor, a key part of my research process has been…

Visit to Green-Wood Cemetery Over the past few weeks, I began my initial research for my Seneca Village Cemetery project…

My project is about why people misconstrue history and how we can protect legacies by looking at how people are…

My research is on the question of self-perception and the flow of embodiment. I want to understand how technological advances…

This summer, I am conducting a study on the history of speciesist and anthropocentric thought by exploring the history of…

For the past month, I’ve mostly been preparing for my trip to Mongolia which will begin on June 29th. I’m…