Gallatin Summer Research Blog

The biggest component of any conducted research is communicating the results of your findings. And while the common outlets come…

After weeks of unexpected travel complications and an unprecedented lockdown in the first week of August, I finally managed to…

After spending two months in Senegal, I have witnessed the growing number of covid cases and the simultaneous stagnance in…

Over the last weeks, we catalogued the majority of BAS’s collection, with the exception of a number of new acquisitions…

I will admit that my project this summer has been harder than expected. But I think that the reason is…

After spending eight weeks in the lab working on my experiments, I am now entering the final stage of my…

In the past month I have added two important new programs to my project. Once the video game had mostly…

A few months ago, I sat in front of my computer screen putting into words what I felt compelled to…

What motivates activists to donate so much time and so many resources to a common cause? Where does the passion…

Based on the past month I spent in Guinea, I argue that it is not financial reasons that are pushing…

Well, well, here we are at the final blog post. And what a summer it’s been. Of research, I mean….

After finishing my literature review, I’ve realized that the focus of my research has shifted a bit. The majority of…

I’d like to begin this post by reiterating what exactly my research is. Artistic Collaboration as Multispecies Ecojustice: The American…

It’s been almost a month since I’ve first arrived in Dakar for the summer. With plans to originally research risk-informed…

Early next week, I’ll be heading to North Carolina to visit three archives on an artifact-finding expedition. With the Delta…

My trip to Karachi was unfortunately delayed because of what can only be described as a series of unfortunate events….

For most of July I have been focusing on completing the mechanics and design of the video game, so that…

The middle-of-the-summer push for this independent study has been more of a grind and hunker down than a ‘push,’ seeing…

Since mid-June, I’ve been advancing my research project within the walls of the Carlton lab located at NYU’s Center for…

Over the past several weeks, I have been onsite at BAS and assisting with the cataloging process. The collection, which…

Over the past month I have begun the writing of my research paper and have established a more fine-grained scope…

My time in Senegal has been a tremendous learning experience for me. To better understand the daily life and conditions…

Over the past few weeks, I hit a sort of roadblock with my research. I intended to conduct many small…

Reflection on research methodology As I continue my summer research journey, I have affirmations in: one, my mentor is correct,…

This past month, I have had to adjust some of my research plans. I was supposed to have conducted the…

This summer, I have been traveling a great deal catching up with family, learning about the world. I am always…

After many attempts of trying to get to Senegal, I finally made it this month. I spoke with several Fulas…

I am currently approaching the end of the research phase of my project, which I believe has been quite fruitful….

It has been another month of struggling against conservationist organizations in order to reach the American Eels that swim and…

In my last blog post, I argued that the modern is traditional and the traditional is modern. This argument proposes…

My work this month was dedicated to finalizing both the logistics of my trip to Karachi and drafting the penultimate…

My project is still in its rudimentary stages of development. In the last 2 weeks, I have focused primarily on…

My research so far has consisted of rounding up books and scholarly articles for a literature review. I have been…

Over the past few weeks, I’ve witnessed my research expand, encouraging me to look at my questions and goals more…

Most disasters are unanticipated– or aren’t soon enough prepared for. With the onset of COVID-19, the pandemic has relayed the…

This summer, I have chosen to focus on electoral ballot design in Illinois. I have always been interesting in elections…

The past few weeks of my independent research have been mostly literature-intensive, reading papers and reports regarding the spatiotemporal distribution…

My summer research project aims to understand the high migration patterns for Fula people in Guinea. In Guinea, Fula people…

My project focuses on using neural networks to create a unique generative soundtrack for a video game, based on each…

I live in El Paso, TX, one of the sunniest cities not only in the United States but in the…

My research this summer focuses on the role of the catalog in alternative library spaces. In July, I will join…

My summer research project analyzes a number of atonal pieces by European-Jewish modernist composers exiled by the Nazi regime, such…

It is my belief that collaboration cannot be confined to shared physical space between humans, especially as shared space (virtual,…

Trichomonas vaginalis is not a very well recognized name – yet, this parasite is responsible for the most common non-viral…

Featured image: photomural by Bauhaus and Black Mountain College faculty member Xanti Schawinsky in collaboration with Marcel Breuer and Walter…