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Stonewallin\u27 (2023) Image 13
No full textStonewallin\u27April 13-16, 2023Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater, Oberlin College
Written and directed by Kari Barclay
More information about this productionhttps://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/images_stonewallin/1012/thumbnail.jp
Stonewallin\u27 (2023) Image 22
No full textStonewallin\u27April 13-16, 2023Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater, Oberlin College
Written and directed by Kari Barclay
More information about this productionhttps://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/images_stonewallin/1021/thumbnail.jp
Distinguishing the Doxa: Exploring Preschool Curricular Constraints
No full textSocialization, or the process of learning how to behave and act in society, can be taught to individuals in many different ways. These styles have been shown to differ between socioeconomic status groups (Lareau, 2011; Park, 2016). Much of socialization today occurs in schools (Wentzel, 2015), the earliest exposure being preschool. I operationalize the socialization process in terms of the values children are told are important, either implicitly or explicitly. How are value systems embedded within preschool curricula? What language and communication tools do teachers use to relay social messages to students? Using Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, doxa, capital, and social reproduction as a theoretical framework, I utilize mixed methods (secondary survey data analysis and qualitative interviews) to empirically test hypotheses regarding the link between the socioeconomic status of students and socialization styles their teachers employ. The results confirm my hypothesis that the socialization styles preschool teachers employ in their classrooms reflect their students\u27 socioeconomic status. This study provides insights into current socialization practices and modern social reproduction and concludes with future research recommendations
Let’s Have a Stitch ‘n Bitch: The Resurgence of Western Women’s Involvement in Textile Work
No full textIn the Western world, textiles have always been inherently tied to femininity, which has resulted in hundreds of years of exploitation and undervaluing of women’s roles in society, and cause women to distance themselves from their shared heritage of labor; however, in the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Western women are returning to craft as digital platforms like Tik Tok and Instagram provide community and free resources. This thesis explores how modern Western women are participating in textiles, and how they are victims of the same exploitation as their foremothers and how they are subverting their expectations and circumstances to empower themselves. This paper also considers how women’s resurgence to textiles and crafts goes beyond a battle against misogyny, but a war with overarching structures like capitalism and white supremacy
Gas-puff Z-Pinch Simulations Using the FLASH Code
No full textThe promise of nuclear fusion energy as a source of renewable energy has propelled the field of plasma physics into the spotlight in recent decades. In this thesis we discuss the gas puff Z-pinch, one candidate for fusion energy production, and a well known x-ray source. We use magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) as a framework to model the gas puff Z-pinch, but MHD is hard to solve analytically, so we turn to numerical simulation. We apply the publicly available, finite volume, MHD simulation code FLASH to numerically simulate a specific gas puff Z-pinch experiment in one dimension. FLASH has new capabilities that make it possible to simulate the gas puff Z-pinch, but they have not yet been thoroughly validated against accepted results. We compare our simulated data to experimental data, and other simulations contained in the literature. The simulated data are in good agreement with the literature values, and we report that FLASH can accurately simulate the gas puff Z-pinch experiment
Towards “Safe Spaces to Do Dangerous Things”: Safety and Accountability in Educational Theatre
No full textTheaters in both educational and professional environments can be wonderful spaces for artistic growth, but they can also play host to significant and continual issues that make the space unsafe and uncomfortable at all levels. This is especially the case when sensitive or otherwise high-risk work, such as those featuring intimacy, is involved. This thesis analyzes professional theatrical institutions’ histories of, and policies for, maintaining healthy internal environments for approaching this work. Through this analysis and my personal experiences as a stage manager, I propose several such policies for potential adoption by Oberlin College’s Department of Theater, as well as any other organizations interested in making similar changes. I argue that these policies will help ensure that the Department of Theater can continue to ensure that it is creating and supporting safe, accountable, and evolving spaces for theatrical education
Oberlin College Commencement 2023
No full textProgram for Commencement Exercises, 190th Anniversary.https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/commencement_programs/1187/thumbnail.jp
