Having experimented with some basic means of controlling addressable LEDs via Arduinos and experimenting with the projection of oscillator synthesized…
Category: DASR 2020
Melchior Tamisier-Fayard: Convenience, Harmony, and Isolation
After a few more slow weeks, I finally managed to organize a some interviews and get the surveys out and…
Boheng Zhang: The Tripartite Religious Market Model
I have come across an interesting work about the religious markets in China by Fenggang Yang, and I wish…
Ugochi Egonu: Before We Become Ancestors
Content warning: This post contains discussion of sexual violence and police brutality. “I saw a demon on my shoulder, it’s…
Nika Dzeban: A Key to 19th Century Russian Landscapes – Japan Studies?
“The pottery class exists so the clay can draw the poison out of the students’ fingers.” David Kidd Alex Kerr,…
Perry Gregory: Invisibility and Isolation In Flux
In most instances, before LGBTQ+ folks can ‘come out’ to the world or even to a larger queer community, they…
Asia Lo Savio: Puzzling the Puzzle
As I discover the elements, dynamics and conditions that describe Angolan’s modern history, the country presents a confluence of cultures…
Kai Sundermann: A Repertoire of Shimmers; The Queer Practice of Light-Percussion
This phase of my research has me delving into the completely novel world of Arduinos, elementary electrical engineering, and C+…
Sam Cheng: (sub)Urban Gardens and Seeding Joy
Admittedly, my research has not been progressing as swiftly or smoothly as I’d like it to. It has been difficult…
Annick Saralegui – What can fermentation tell us about microbial communities?
What can fermentation tell us about microbial communities? What does Kefir a fermented food product made up of yeasts, acetic…
Zoe Vongtau: Holding Space & Directing Energy
I like to think that my desk is reflective of the state of our planet, with uprisings, rage, and love…
Jules Talbot: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Graphic Novelization
My project is a graphic novel called I Am Dead Horatio: an adaptation of Hamlet retold from the point of…
Illia Zheng: Getting into the Classic of Mountains and Seas
A Classic of Mountains and seas (山海经) is a central foundation for my research project. For all of its influence…
Neva Luthria: Nanotechnology and Electrocatalysis for CO2
To begin my research this summer, I conducted a literature review of the experimental methods being used by scientists to…
Caroline Shadle: Considering Dance’s Socio-Political Role
My research this summer serves to support my MA thesis which focuses on the contributions of Chicago-based dancer, choreographer, artistic…
Jay Simpson: A Multispecies Approach to Human-Canid Relationships
Halfway, Oregon. Photo by JH Moyer, Shared using Creative Commons License Initially, my plan for this summer was to travel…
Boheng Zhang: The Here and There of Religious Freedom
An analysis of the contemporary legal language of religious freedom in the U.S., China, and Taiwan is an integral part…
Melchior Tamisier-Fayard: Mundane Technologies/Artifacts and their Narratives
A big part of my research revolves around Actor Network theory, and Latour’s work. I think one article that did…
Miriam Ambrosino: Adapting to a New Normal “In Dark Times”
COVID-19 has been a major obstacle for motivation this summer. I imagine this is the case for many of us,…
Sophie Jones: Learning from the Zad: Anarchism in the Capitalocene
Originally, I had planned to travel to the zad, or zone a défendre, in France to experience the autonomous zone…
Meagen Tajalle: Guam and the Myth of Liberation Day
Initially, I hoped to travel to Guam this summer and research what life is like for residents there and the…
Welcome to the 2020 DASR Blog!
Welcome to the blog for the 2020 winners of the Dean’s Award for Summer Research (DASR)! This year we have…