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COMEBACK STAGE: Trends of Indianness in K-pop | Performance Theory feat. Video Essays
No full textThis interdisciplinary thesis examines trends of Indianness in the context of K-pop and is accompanied by a performance component in the form of a video essay. Through analysis of multi-media sources, I establish and explore the relationship between performances of racial and ethnic identity and K-pop. This is accomplished by analyzing trends of Indianness from the last decade through the lenses of Performance Studies and Psychology. The video essay and thesis are complements to each other, as they both examine the same sites of analysis, but are directed toward different audiences. The thesis prioritizes thoroughness and interaction with theory, while the video essay prioritizes entertainment and accessibility. Scholars who theorize the workings of performance and/or race in contemporary global settings, such as E. Patrick Johnson, Joseph R. Barndt, and Judith Butler, provide a foundation for my analysis of three performances related to K-pop—“Curry” by Norazo, “Bole Chudiyan”, covered by AleXa and IN2IT, and “Paint the Town” by LOONA. In contrast, the video essay addresses a K-pop fan-based audience in a conversational style. It features me on-camera, discussing myself, my relationship to K-pop, and the trends of Indianness I have noticed in K-pop. I analyze the same three sites as in the written thesis but present the information in a simple and concise format. I then discuss fandom discourses and implications of shallow constructions of Indian identity in K-pop for Indian people and fans. The video essay ends with considering solutions and challenges the viewer to consider empathizing and educating instead of “canceling” idols
HOW THE DUTCH WOONERF CAN INSPIRE BETTER STREETSCAPES IN NORTH AMERICA
No full textThe Dutch woonerf is a concept born out of the necessity to prevent the incursion of the automobile on residential streetscapes. However, the woonerf is an outlier when it comes to urban planning, as the automobile has come to be a dominant force in many cities. North America was at the forefront of auto-centric planning, which had many ramifications for its cities. Between the demolition of housing to build new highways, to the car-centric street design in dense urban centers, people have been pushed out one way, or another. Amsterdam, a model city of modern urban planning, was on the path that many North American cities went down. However, Amsterdam’s path was changed in response to resistance from people who wanted to keep their space. Both people, and planners, were against the idea of allocating more space to the automobile, as it would require whole blocks of housing to be demolished. With a housing crisis at hand, and pressure to build more automobile infrastructure, Dutch planners had to think outside the box. This thesis analyzes North American efforts to learn from the Dutch example, to find what works and what does not
Sustainable Tourism: How We Can Reduce the Negative Impacts of Tourism in the National Parks
No full textTourism to the national parks is beneficial for the tourist, but the parks themselves are at risk of environmental damage. Sustainable tourism is offered as the solution to minimize the negative impacts of tourism. This thesis aims to outline three ways sustainable tourism can be implemented within the national parks. Specifically, infrastructure, government involvement, and education will be explored alongside the case studies of Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Everglades National Parks. Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks were used to illustrate the value of infrastructure in sustainable tourism. Infrastructure can be used to encourage sustainable choices, or even entirely eliminate the option of non-sustainable choices. Everglades National Park served as a case study in government intervention. After a history of drainage causing damage to the environment, legislation, regulation, and government funding have all been essential in restoration attempts in the Everglades. Education in sustainable tourism is not as widely discussed, but this thesis proposes that a greater focus on education would be greatly beneficial. Beyond the parks themselves, education can affect a person’s point of view and encourage them to make sustainable choices when they return home. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the future of tourism, encouraging a shift in the philosophy of tourism itself. Rather than an exploitative or transaction-based activity, tourism may one day be seen as entirely sustainable for the environment and the host communities
A SPARK OF SHARED CREATION: A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS IMPACT ON MARGINAL IDENTITIES
No full textDungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a game that pioneered the tabletop roleplay game genre. Given its foundational status within the genre, I pinpoint and analyze the ways D&D provides community and escapism, particularly considering the benefits minority and marginalized players gain from these concepts outside the game’s fiction. Conversely, this project points to examples in a larger pattern of D&D alienating those same marginalized players with complacent use of harmful stereotypes. I outline the ways the game has influenced pop culture and game design (with the creation of game mechanics such as the “Hit Point” and “Alignment Chart”) to center a player-character focused mindset. Alongside this, I review two monsters from D&D classified as “playable races”: the orc and the tiefling. The problematic influences of the Orc and the racial stereotypes that carry over into D&D contrast with the tiefling, a monster adopted by many queer players who find empowerment over freedom of gender-expression, reclamation of demonic imagery, and having narrative control over their otherness. In response to these critiques and benefits, I apply the analysis creatively in the form of a Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Module that lays out communication tools, roleplay etiquette, and a sample of a larger adventure campaign
AN APPLICATION REVIEW OF: CoronaVIRAL, A SOCIAL DASHBOARD
No full textThe entire world was flipped upside down as the COVID-19 virus plagued nation-after-nation. People were dying, losing their livelihoods, and being removed from their homes in unprecedented numbers. More susceptible to such economic damage, smaller countries battened-down-the-hatches in effort to help as many people as possible withstand the illness. Contrasting this, the United States, one of the most wealthy nations in the world has seemed to fray their approach to stopping the spread, creating vast disparities between states. Focusing on Florida, New York, Texas, and California, we look to compare statistics and social sentiment between them, as a collective reaction to the policymaking put in place during such time. Trust in government has gone down significantly over recent years, illuminating issues of rapidly-spreading disinformation, particularly when it comes to social media. Finding reliable data is a challenge for those not versed in vetting sources and tackling hefty academic papers. Compounded with this, differing mandates and protocols within the nation further increase the divide of opinion and action. CoronaVIRAL - a social COVID dashboard, attempts to remove such barriers, allowing anyone to view public thought within the United States and analyze people, as well as numbers. CoronaVIRAL includes a call to action, a way of directly impacting the course of the virus
AT THE TABLE WE FIND OURSELVES: A COOKBOOK REVISION AND EXPLORATION OF THE CULINARY HAPPENINGS OF HERKIMER COUNTY IN THE 1920’S
No full textFor this thesis I took recipes from my great-grandmother’s personal collection, as well as recipes from the Herkimer County Home Bureau Cookbook of 1923, and adapted them to a modern setting with the intention of creating a new cookbook. By doing this I hoped to be able to bring a little bit of the past to the present and preserve some of my own family history as well as the history of Herkimer County, New York. After selecting recipes to revise so as to make them more appropriate for a kitchen and cook today, I prepared each recipe until it could be easily duplicated by a reader of a cookbook. Preparing these recipes included cooking each recipe multiple times as well as extensive research into its history and context in the region from which it came. Through this thesis I learned about the culinary history of Herkimer County, with a focus in dairy farming and cheese production. I also learned about my family history with cooking. My major findings show that this project is significant because it gives an overview of an important regional history and sets an example for future endeavors in historical recipe adaptation
An Intercontinental Examination in the Efficacy of Combating Covid-19 in South Korea vs. the US
No full textThis thesis is a comparative analysis of the responses of South Korea and the US to the global Covid-19 pandemic. This thesis examines the policy initiatives put forth by both countries to alleviate the spread of the virus as well as the social complications that arise from the public because of them. It assesses and compares both countries’ performance in mitigating the impacts of the virus. Ultimately, it emphasizes the importance of being prepared for global health crisis’ like Covid-19 and shows how specific actions can be the deciding factor between saving hundreds of thousands of innocent lives or protecting them
Production Managing Carrie: The Musical A Theatrical Case Study
No full textThis thesis focuses on the unspoken divide between performers and technicians in commercial theatre, caused mostly by directors, and how production managers can act as a bridge between them through the lens of a student production manager. Brought up throughout the thesis are also examples of how the work of technicians is just as artistic as the actors onstage. These points are shown in three parts, chapter one: which shows evidence of this divide via university marketing and technical theatre journals, chapter two: A day by day journal showing the in’s and out’s of production managing Carrie: The Musical and how the collaboration makes a great show, and chapter three: a reflection looking at the qualities that make a successful production manager, and how my own journey fell within those parameters
Nan Freeman Memorial
No full textVideo recording of Nan Cindy Freeman\u27s memorial on April 2, 2022.https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/formats/1755/thumbnail.jp
