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Blog for students involved in the Gallatin Summer Research Program

Author: Alex Ates

Alex Ates (he/him/his) is a theater artist from New Orleans who's currently the director of theater at Westtown School in Pennslyvania. As a graduate student at Gallatin, he studies theater, education, and politics in the American South.

Alex Ates: In Praise of The Writing Spot

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by Alex Ates

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

Posted in 2021 Summer Research

Alex Ates: The Trendy Sandal Time Machine

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Alex Ates

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

Posted in 2021 Summer Research

Alex Ates: What Does “Avant-Garde” Even Mean? Why the Answer is Important to Understanding America

Posted on June 14, 2021July 12, 2021 by Alex Ates

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

Posted in 2021 Summer Research

Recent Posts

  • Ama Sarpomaa: Political Ecology and the Environmental Distress scale
  • Karina Gamez: Authority is not an imposition, it is a gift.
  • Naomi Thompkins: Community Education and Collaboration
  • Joseph Redmond: Thoughts on the Explorers of the Internet
  • Ben Cresto: Reflections, and Moving Forward
  • Conny Zhao: More Naadam festivals, meeting Mongolian celebrities, and the hardest hike of my life
  • Sarika Doppalapudi: Embroidery, Quilting, and Binding
  • Fion Fong: Drawing as Research
  • Jun Zhou: Avatars, Extended Reality, and Neo-Public Space: Forming the New Identity- Update 2
  • Ellington B.: Final Reflections
  • Abney Turner: Ceta-Ethics: The Symbol of the Whale and Its Ethical History
  • Alex Smythe: Seneca Village August 15th post
  • Kira Williams: Final Steps and Reflections
  • Sammy Tavassoli: How Movement Shapes Our Perception of Ourselves and the World Around Us
  • Valeria Cuervo: The Fight Over the Viking Legacy

Recent Comments

  • Jun Zhou on Jun Zhou: Avatars, Extended Reality, and Neo-Public Space: Forming the New Identity
  • Quan Le on Jun Zhou: Avatars, Extended Reality, and Neo-Public Space: Forming the New Identity
  • Alex Smythe on Fion Fong: Food Courts and the Other In-Between Places of Flushing, Queens
  • Alex Smythe on Sammy Tavassoli: The Importance of Human Interactions for Meaningful Thought
  • Joel Lee on Zoe Vongtau: Lightbulbs and Webs

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