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Category: DASR 2015

Blog posts from the DASR class of 2015

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2015 Conference Panel 4: Music and Dance

Posted on February 4, 2016February 5, 2016 by Rae Georges-Navarro

Music & Dance Panel Check out Panel 4 on Music and Dance featuring the evolution of ballroom dancers’s physicality, electronic…

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2015 Conference Panel 3: Photography and Film

Posted on February 4, 2016February 5, 2016 by Rae Georges-Navarro

Photography & Film Panel Check out Panel 3 on Photography and Film featuring documentary work on New York City, an…

Posted in 2015 Conference, DASR 2015
5 panelists sitting behind table with NYU Gallatin projected in background

2015 Conference Panel 2: History, Politics & Society

Posted on February 4, 2016February 5, 2016 by Rae Georges-Navarro

History, Politics & Society Panel Check out Panel 2 on History, Politics & Society featuring post-Communist and post-Soviet historical memory, Walter…

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2015 Conference Panel 1: Culture, Race, & National Identity

Posted on February 4, 2016February 5, 2016 by Rae Georges-Navarro

Culture, Race, & National Identity Panel Check out Panel 1 on Culture, Race, & National Identity, Featuring ethnic food communities, the political…

Posted in 2015 Conference, DASR 2015
person jumping and dancing under trees

Dancers in Sacred Spaces – #openskyopenroad

Posted on November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 by Emily Watson

The Dean’s Award for Summer Research conference was last Friday. It was incredible to see the work that everyone has…

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DASR Fall 2015 Conference!

Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 by Rae Georges-Navarro
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Tiergarten

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Arielle Friend

I arrived at the Tiergarten by bicycle, after having journeyed through Potsdamer Platz  and its strange, steely, empty newness.  The…

Posted in DASR 2015
three men sitting and smiling

The Sidekick

Posted on September 5, 2015September 8, 2015 by Chloe Gbai

From reading journals from the last years of Bearden’s life, it becomes very clear to me that his main focus…

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five people posing for picture

00:00, Aftermath

Posted on August 29, 2015August 31, 2015 by Isabel Bethencourt

Hello everyone! At this point in time I’ve shot the documentary (filming was in the afternoon of August 7th), and…

Posted in DASR 2015
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Cutting, Copying, Changing: Editing my film!

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Joosje Duk

Hey all! As I wrote in my post before, I’m currently in the post-production phase for my short film Heavy Feathers….

Posted in DASR 20153 Comments on Cutting, Copying, Changing: Editing my film!
view of trees from beneath

The Anatomy of History

Posted on August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 by Brenda Lau

The history of a city desires to be discovered, excavated, uncovered. The flâneur travels by imaginary roads, streets that no longer exist,…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on The Anatomy of History
music venue with purple lights

Production vs Performance in the Abandoned City of Iron

Posted on August 14, 2015August 29, 2015 by Jesse C Wheaton

      Two hours Southwest of Berlin lies the vacant East German mining monument Ferropolis, a ‘city of iron’…

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The Journey of Anti-Racism and Community-Based Theater

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Alex

Hi everyone, this is Alex Hansen. As a quick recap, I last wrote about how I spent the beginning of…

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The Ensemble in The Everday

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Olivia R Wendel

Hey there everyone! Hope you’re all having beautiful summers. I am sadly done with the program in Ithaca, New York….

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Art as Offering

Posted on August 10, 2015August 11, 2015 by Maya Ward

Hi everyone! I am now writing from New York, having returned from Bali just a few days ago. Since my…

Posted in DASR 20153 Comments on Art as Offering
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The Other Tiny House People

Posted on August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 by Brendan

Brendan Ward The Tiny House road trip continues: Luna, my research partner, and I arrived in Portland in the last…

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parade in celebration of Guelaguetza, a traditional indigenous celebration

Oaxaca in Review…

Posted on August 8, 2015August 10, 2015 by Kitania Ray Folk

Hi there, this is Kitania and I apologize for the late post but I wanted to include some of my developed…

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What It Means To Be An Effective Photograph

Posted on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 by Maya Richardson

I’m now back working and researching in New York after my trip to Paris. Paris is an important city to…

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The “Nitty Gritty”

Posted on August 7, 2015August 10, 2015 by Mariah Young-Jones

My second and final blog post on the black genealogy study will be a bit of an update on the…

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History as Rumor, Economics as Fact?

Posted on August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 by Adam Sperry

Hi everyone! Throughout July I have continued work on my project, but it has taken an interesting turn in terms…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on History as Rumor, Economics as Fact?
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Political Partnering

Posted on August 1, 2015August 1, 2015 by Kelsey Burns

When I chose to pursue this whole ballroom thing, it was easy enough to say, “Well, it’s just so political,”…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on Political Partnering
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#openskyopenroad – Em Watson

Posted on July 31, 2015August 26, 2015 by Emily Watson

Hello! My name is Em Watson, and I’m a rising senior. My concentration is called something like “Mapping the Body…

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Cultural Distinctiveness, Similarities Through Food

Posted on July 30, 2015August 1, 2015 by Robert Clinton

We’re often taught that identity is inextricably tied to place and practice, and people are unalike based on where they’re…

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Art and an Imagined History

Posted on July 27, 2015July 28, 2015 by Chloe Gbai

How does one promote a legacy? That question, I think, is the core of my summer research project, and something…

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Berlin’s Electronic Music Scene: Countering the Effects of Urbanization… or at least talking about it

Posted on July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 by Anne F Heslinga

I spent a majority of my last post talking about the undergrounded-ness/overgrounded-ness of the brooklyn warehouse scene. I would like…

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Shooting a short film: Heavy Feathers

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by Joosje Duk

Hey all! Since this is my first blog post, I’ll tell you a little bit about myself before going into…

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buildings in lower Manhattan, including World Trade Center

00:00, A Tale of Pre-Production

Posted on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 by Isabel Bethencourt

Hello, everyone! My name is Isabel and I’m a rising senior at Gallatin, concentrating in film and cultural anthropology with…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on 00:00, A Tale of Pre-Production
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Human Rights in North Korea, Phase 2: A Vlog in 3 Parts!

Posted on July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 by Angie Liao

Hi everyone! I decided to do a vlog for today’s update, for both fun and pragmatic reasons (as I explain)….

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A Tiny Village in Madison WI

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Brendan

Hello, I’m Brendan. I’m a rising Gallatin senior studying design and sociology. I am on a journey across the U.S….

Posted in DASR 2015Tagged House, Madison, OM, Tiny4 Comments on A Tiny Village in Madison WI
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Walter Benjamin’s Archive in Berlin

Posted on July 20, 2015July 21, 2015 by Arielle Friend

“In my interior life I had more than once found inoculation to be a salutary procedure; therefore, in this situation,…

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Complicating my view of history

Posted on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by Alex

Hello, my name is Alex Hansen and I am a white, middle-class woman studying theater and social justice. My proposed…

Posted in DASR 20153 Comments on Complicating my view of history
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Living Tradition and Innovation in Bali, Çudamani Institute 2015

Posted on July 15, 2015July 15, 2015 by Maya Ward

Hi everyone! My name is Maya and I am a rising senior studying educational psychology and performance studies. This research…

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mural of Frida Kahlo with a mohawk on ASARO's gallery Taller Siqueiros in Mexico

The Streets Speak in Oaxaca, Mexico

Posted on July 14, 2015July 15, 2015 by Kitania Ray Folk

Hi everyone, this is Kitania writing from Oaxaca, Mexico. I’m about half way through my trip and I can’t believe…

Posted in DASR 20153 Comments on The Streets Speak in Oaxaca, Mexico
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Manifestations of Memory in Berlin and Prague

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Emily Bell

Hi everyone, I can’t believe that my research trip is over! I’m still processing everything I read and saw while…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on Manifestations of Memory in Berlin and Prague
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The Diaspora is Now

Posted on July 11, 2015August 6, 2015 by Brenda Lau

My name is Brenda and I am a rising senior studying globalization and postcolonial identity narratives. My project centers on…

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group of people doing funny poses with flashcards strewn in front of them

Forming An Ensemble, Hangar Theatre Lab Company of 2015.

Posted on July 9, 2015July 20, 2015 by Olivia R Wendel

Hi there everyone! As this is my first post I will start off by giving some background information! My name…

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hillside outside Managua, photographed by Susan Meiselas

Social Change through the Photographic Lens

Posted on July 8, 2015August 7, 2015 by Maya Richardson

Hello my name is Maya and I’m a rising senior studying photography and film. My project this summer is exploring photography’s…

Posted in DASR 20152 Comments on Social Change through the Photographic Lens
Hitler christening part of the Autobahn in the late 1930s with crowd of people in background

The Economic Narrative of National Institutions

Posted on July 7, 2015July 20, 2015 by Adam Sperry

Hi All, I hope y’all had a good 4th of July, I know I did :). In terms of my…

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crowd of people sitting on sign at Фузион (fusion) music festival

Фузион and the Future of Berlin

Posted on July 7, 2015July 3, 2015 by Jesse C Wheaton

       Every year for the past two decades during the last week of June, Berlin’s music scene has…

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Performing Grotesque

Posted on July 4, 2015July 6, 2015 by Kelsey Burns

Since this is my first post, I suppose I should introduce myself and set the scene a little bit. I…

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Meals and Migration in Greece

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Robert Clinton

Making a space feel more like home requires different actions depending on the person. For some, it involves decorations; photographs adorning…

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On Family Trees and Black Genealogy

Posted on June 30, 2015July 6, 2015 by Mariah Young-Jones

Hi everyone! My name is Mariah. I’m a rising senior studying Legacies of Race and Empire. What began as a…

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A Foray into New York’s Underground Electronic Scene

Posted on June 26, 2015July 6, 2015 by Anne F Heslinga

Hi Y’all! By way of introduction, I am Annie, a Gallatin student studying the political, economic, and cultural inequalities of…

Posted in DASR 20153 Comments on A Foray into New York’s Underground Electronic Scene
East Side Gallery, a portion of the Berlin Wall turned into an art gallery with graffiti and posters

Remembering Former Ideology: Sites and Spaces of Communism

Posted on June 24, 2015June 25, 2015 by Emily Bell

Hi everyone, I’m Emily Bell and I’m a rising senior at Gallatin studying narratives of peace and conflict with a…

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Dystopian Diplomacy: U.S.-North Korea Relations & Human Rights

Posted on June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 by Angie Liao

Hello everyone! My name is Angie Liao. I am a rising junior at Gallatin studying Human Rights Law & Human…

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Welcome to the DASR 2015 Blog!

Posted on June 18, 2015July 6, 2015 by Rae Georges-Navarro

Welcome to the blog for the 2015 winners of the Dean’s Award for Summer Research (DASR). It’s time for another…

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DASR Conference 2015!

Posted on February 23, 2015August 1, 2018 by Rae Georges-Navarro
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