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Pride and Prejudice: Austen's Most Gifted Performer Meets Her Most Devoted Spectator
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/4696b4ed-b09d-409c-809a-e2b9af76b542/thumb/128.jpgThe most crucial idea of “theatricality” is one that relies on a mutual agreement between the spectator watching a performance and the performer themselves. Both performer and spectator feel the truth of a performance even as each side recognizes that they are agreeing to create this fundamental fiction together. This connection which binds actor and audience together is the very heart of what makes theatre such a powerful, emotional force and nowhere is this emphasis on the relationship between performer and spectator more apparent than in the works of Jane Austen (particularly in her most seminal work Pride and Prejudice). Austen’s understanding and use of theatricality is at the heart of what makes her works so accessible and compelling to us, even two hundred years after her novels were first published. Austen, who made such a point in her works to always place women in the role of the protagonist, understood the theatrical expectations which are often placed on women’s behavior, especially in Austen’s time. Women were expected to “perform” at all times in order to make the best marriage while men were allowed to sit back and observe the performances all around them which were being put on for their benefit. Throughout her works, Austen wields theatricality as a weapon to emphasize to her audience the limitations of the role that women were expected to play during her time and has eerie echoes of the expectations placed on women even today. Because of this and because Austen originally wrote her novels specifically in order to have her family read them aloud, I argue that theatricality is so deeply embedded in Austen’s work (especially Pride and Prejudice) that there is no need to actually adapt Austen’s work into a script in order to then perform it. In fact, one can create a beautiful, comprehensive, and inherently theatrical production solely using Austen’s actual text, something I demonstrate throughout this paper in my own production of Pride and Prejudice
A Corner Daydream
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/11a882c1-b068-467b-9219-54d7b3467fa3/thumb/128.jpgThis thesis explores the topic of comfort, focusing specifically on the dynamics of spaces, both physical and metaphysical, that provide comfort. The essay begins by exploring homes and wild spaces. What makes a home comfortable and uncomfortable? How do natural environments hold bodies and interact with humanity? Next, delving into metaphysical space, what life lies in voids? How can embodied feelings and intangibility be tied together? The artwork tied to this essay takes the form of a sculptural corner, built for the human artist's body, measured by height and wingspan. The corner holds the body and carries it away into a golden dream space. The process of creation was a collaborative effort between human(s) and material, each contributing to the final product
A Hedonic Analysis of Green Infrastructure in Gresham Oregon
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/3c65a251-6b2f-4114-aceb-0975a657f855/thumb/128.jpgThis thesis uses the hedonic price method to evaluate the impact of green infrastructure on the sale price of single family-residential houses in Gresham, Oregon. This analysis utilizes storm water infrastructure data provided by the City of Gresham, tax lot data, and census data. Several models were run to explore the effect of green infrastructure. These models show a statistically significant increase in sale price as distance from the nearest green infrastructure facility increases
غزل - газель: On the Persian Element in Russian Symbolist Poetry
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/0c4c2488-1b99-4e4b-b1b5-43abee591873/thumb/128.jpgThe ghazal, a genre of lyrical poetry, originated in the 7th Arabian Peninsula and reached its height in medieval Persian courts under poets such as Hafez, Rumi, and Sana’i. Through translations produced by German Orientalists in the early nineteenth century, the ghazal entered the Western imagination, eventually flourishing in the Russian Silver Age amongst circles of Symbolist poets. This phenomenon, termed Persophilia, complicates classical conceptions of Orientalism, instead revealing the distinctive position held by Persian literature in European intellectual history. A comparative analysis of Russian ghazals written by two leading Symbolist poets, Vyacheslav Ivanov and Mikhail Kuzmin, attempts to elucidate similarities in their poetic projects, focusing specifically on how the polysemantic nature of the ghazal as a genre, allowed for the simultaneous articulation of Eros’ mystical and erotic dimensions. Hafez, the undisputed master of the Persian ghazal, appears recurrently during moments of European social and intellectual upheaval as a symbolic affirmation of unity and evidence of an alternate mode of being — his poetry and the mythology surrounding his figure find themselves made European, thus liberating Hafez from the linguistic and spatial boundaries of Persia and molding his poetics to conform to the burgeoning desires of the European bourgeoisie. An analysis, albeit a non-exhaustive one, of the Persian element in Russian Symbolist poetry testifies not only to the unique genealogy of Persian literature’s entry into the West, but to how the ghazal’s formal incongruity and particular symbolism serve as an apt mirror for the reflection of varying ideals. The ghazal’s structure, a series of unrelated hemistiches bound together solely through the repetition of the radif, not only allowed for the presentation of multiple symbolics and thematics, but constrains the reader from approaching it with any predetermined hermeneutic, thus centering the role of the reader in the construction of meaning and forcing one to acknowledge the ghazal’s multiplicity and ability to oscillate between several semantic planes of reference simultaneously
Nicotine Modulation of Alcohol Tolerance, Dependence, and Withdrawal in Rodent Models of Addiction
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/8b883403-65ee-41ce-b4f6-43ccaac718d9/thumb/128.jpgAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is a pressing concern in research for substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, consisting of 64% of SUD cases for individuals aged 12 and older in 2021. Nicotine addiction is observed to occur concurrently with regular alcohol use, with rates as high as 83-95%. Current literature provides mounting evidence of the mutually reinforcing effects of the drugs when used simultaneously, and yet the interactions of this poly-drug use is relatively understudied despite its high prevalence. Moreover, alcohol has been extensively studied in various facets, however, there is minimal research done on the possible relationship between the level of alcohol tolerance and how it may govern the severity of alcohol dependence and withdrawal. The interaction between these facets of alcohol addiction under nicotine modulation is relatively untouched. The present study aims to investigate how nicotine modulation affects alcohol tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal by using a female Long Evans rat model. Rat groups were separated into an alcohol group, alcohol+nicotine group, and control group and placed onto a liquid diet corresponding to their drug group for 28 days. All rats were assessed for alcohol tolerance levels at the beginning of the study and before a withdrawal period, following a period of continuous drug exposure. After the 28 days, a withdrawal period of 48 hours followed in which the rats were observed periodically for withdrawal symptoms. Results indicate that nicotine has protective effects against the manifestations of alcohol intoxication, but also exacerbates the severity of alcohol withdrawal symptoms. While additional research is needed to provide more definitive results and greater clarity, the present study provides preliminary evidence supporting the reinforcing effects of nicotine on alcohol consumption and addiction as well as underscores the importance of recognizing the effects of concurrent poly-drug use on AUD recovery
Trad Wives or Trad Lies? Misinformation and Traditional Beliefs About Women
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/b5d4172e-e860-49e4-b619-60a5a7bd8365/thumb/128.jpgNumerous studies support the existence of confirmation bias. However, few studies have examined the effect of confirmation bias in reinforcing views about women. Employing a novel use of the Feminine Ideology Scale (FIS), I examined the relationship between traditional views about women and belief in misinformation which supports these views. Specifically, I examined whether people who hold more traditional views about women are more likely to believe misleading news headlines which support these views. Demographic factors associated with both traditional views about women and belief in misinformation which supports these views were also explored. In line with my hypothesis, participants who scored higher on the FIS demonstrated a significantly greater extent of belief in misinformation which supports feminine ideology (Mdn = -0.928, t = 5.625, p < .001). A few demographic factors were associated with both higher FIS scores and belief in misinformation which support feminine ideology. Male participants scored significantly higher on the FIS (t = -2.536, p = 0.012) and demonstrated significantly greater extent of belief in misinformation which support feminine ideology than female participants (t = -3.997, p < 0.001). Republican participants scored significantly higher on the FIS than both Democrats (t = -7.036, p < .001) and Independents (t = -2.497, p = 0.036). Furthermore, both Republicans (t = -3.728, p < .001) and Independents (t = -2.907, p = 0.012) demonstrated a significantly higher extent of belief in false headlines with support feminine ideology. Conservatism was found to be significantly correlated with both FIS scores (r = 0.544, p < 0.001) and extent of belief in misinformation which support feminine ideology (r = 0.378, p < 0.001). Psychometric properties of the FIS are explored and supported. Implications and future directions for research are discussed
The Genetic and Environmental Conditions Leading to Asexual Reproduction within Aconitum Columbianum
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/a8cda25e-b41a-4a2b-a4fd-e627393aafd7/thumb/128.jpgThere are several factors which govern the evolution of asexual reproduction within flowering plants. One such plant, Aconitum columbianum, produces bulbils which produce clones of the parent after being dislodged from the plant. I set out to investigate the relationship between the environmental and polyploidy governing the formation of the asexually reproducing subspecies of Aconitum columbianum, named Aconitum columbianum subspecies viviparum. The environmental factors investigated were annual mean temperature, annual precipitation, and minimum and maximum average vapor pressure deficit. Observations of A. columbianum were downloaded from iNaturalist, and climate data was downloaded using the R-package PRISM. Polyploidy was investigated by performing flow cytometry on five different plant populations. The vapor pressure deficit maximum and minimum were statistically significantly different between asexually reproducing and sexually reproducing populations of Aconitum columbianum. The asexually reproducing subspecies had a lower average vapor pressure deficit meaning it was subject to less water stress. Flow cytometry showed no statically significant difference between the average mass of the genome showing that polyploidy and aneuploidy may not be impacting the emergence of asexual reproduction within these populations
Sparse theorems are full of triangles
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/e85c815d-b5ca-47b2-9338-e99eac57c3f9/thumb/128.jpgThis thesis traces the transformative capabilities of audio sampling. Sampling sits at the intersection of justice and creativity. While sampling technology provided new frameworks for creativity, it also inspired further restrictions in copyright law. By showing how sampling practices impact creative culture and law, we can highlight why sampling is criminalized. My self-produced titled Ultraviolet Lichen highlights uses a variety of sampling techniques as a means to understand sampling as a cultural practice that is criminalized through regulation of copyright law
Community Composition and Size-Structure Characterization of Phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/2806db12-d06a-43e6-8adf-1b8fd50c0e8a/thumb/128.jpgGlobal rising ocean temperatures are increasing sea surface stratification and nutrient limitation, conditions which favor smaller-celled phytoplankton. As a result, decreases in community size structure have been predicted and observed in many marine ecosystems. However, predictions about how the small phytoplankton community will respond are largely informed by observations of equatorial, oligotrophic systems already dominated by small cells. The small-celled communities of higher latitude, productive subarctic environments such as the Northern Gulf of Alaska (NGA) are understudied, due to their presumed relative unimportance compared to larger producers. This study uses size-fractionated chlorophyll-a, flow-cytometry, primary productivity, and abiotic data collected from two summer cruises across a coastal to oceanic transect in the NGA to characterize the small phytoplankton community. This revealed consistently distinct on- and off- shelf communities, on-shelf harboring higher levels of chlorophyll-a and a picophytoplankton community dominated by Synechoccocus, while off-shelf communities had lower chlorophyll-a and a picophytoplankton community numerically dominated by pico- and nano- eukaryotes. Interannual variation was observed between the warm, small-cell and high Synechoccocus abundance summer of 2022 and the cooler, large-cell and eukaryote dominated summer of 2023. Interannual comparison informs projections of reduced cell sizes and the increasing importance of Synechoccocus under warming, which may differentially impact the distinct on- and off- shelf communities identified due to off-shelf iron limitation. These projected warming induced changes have consequences for trophic transfer efficiencies and vertical export, potentially impacting valuable commercial fisheries industries in the NGA with an annual value of $6.4 billion
Radical Scenes of Noise: An Ethnographic Study of Noise Music in Portland, Oregon
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/d91f9cd1-d0d2-44c1-87f5-0475abd2e79a/thumb/128.jpgThis thesis is the culmination of a yearlong ethnographic study of Noise music (also simply referred to as Noise) as it exists in Portland, Oregon and the surrounding area. Most scholarly literature on the genre is fraught with debates regarding the consequences of Noise within music, resulting in a paradigm of Noise being deemed either music or anti-music (Novak 2013: 115-138; Atton 2011: 326, Hegarty 2022). My focus here will not be directed towards the supposedly confounding sonic aspects of the genre, however. Instead, I approach Noise from the perspective of “scene.” Specifically, the questions I have sought to answer through my research are – What does it mean to have a local scene surrounding noise music? Why do people coalesce around this specific genre? How do such scenes operate? Ultimately, my experience with local Noise and its practitioners has led me to advance a new model of socio-musical groups that I refer to as the Temporary Autonomous Scene. Using anarchist Hakim Bey’s framework of the Temporary Autonomous Zone as a touchstone (2003), these Temporary Autonomous Scenes represent small social circles surrounding Noise that are each disconnected from one another and lack both continuous histories as well as permanent emplacement, resulting in a wide range of social and musical consequences that I shall detail throughout the following chapters