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A Party of Crisis: How the Republican Party is Developing Political Capitalism
Get PDFThe Republican Party of the 21st century has gained a reputation both as an advocate for conservative social roles and as a radical force intent on subverting liberal democratic institutions in favor of fanatical capitalism. This research shows how Republican ideology is a radical form of accelerated and unregulated capitalism focused on obscuring new ideas in the political sphere. To this end, Republicans utilize two strategies of gaining and maintaining political control. The first is to create and exploit crises to gain short-term power over legislative and executive institutions. These institutions are then used to exploit bodies meant to uphold a stable and inherently conservative political order. This is done to achieve long-term power without adequate democratic representation. Once power is achieved, Republicans then quickly pass measures to benefit capitalist entities, such as deregulation or tax cuts. This type of crisis politics is particularly reminiscent of capitalist economic functioning.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1000/thumbnail.jp
How Does Capitalism Desensitize Us to the Suffering of Others?
Get PDFWhile football (soccer) is widely known for its captivating atmospheres and immense camaraderie, one must not be blinded to the sinister behavior of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) [International Federation of Association Football] in recent times, especially amid the sought-after World Cup, hosted in Qatar, involving massive projects made possible through irresistible sums of money. Capitalism operates as a double-edged sword being that it is more than capable of bringing about growth and prosperity while simultaneously producing social conflict and human degradation, which is often disregarded by the former. The power-hungry Gulf-state has prioritized enticing profits over the lives of migrant workers, many of whom were employed under unimaginable conditions and initially reeled in by the false potentiality of reliable, well-paying occupations. This research demonstrates how, within capitalism, the overwhelming demand for self-gratification, here via the entertainment of football and case-study of the World Cup, numbs us to inequity.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1004/thumbnail.jp
Upcycling E-Waste to E-Skin
Get PDFElectronic waste harms the environment and exposes individuals to hazardous materials. In order to lessen the effects of electronic waste, electronics can be repurposed to aid human health. Advanced biosensors can be created by using upcycled electronic waste, such as compact discs. This allows for products to be created without consuming energy and for a reduction in hazardous ways. Moreover, employing compact discs to create biosensors enables for the rapid production of electronic skin without the need for extensive training or microfabrication facilities. These biosensors can be created by harvesting the metal layers of current compact discs. To ensure that these metal layers perform efficiently as biosensors, the most effective strategy to harvest the layer while preserving continuity must be discovered by experimenting with various procedures. Researching solvents and methods of extraction can improve the efficiency of further research and perhaps industrial extraction in the future.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1008/thumbnail.jp
Effects of Food Insecurity on Resilience Among Undergraduate University Students
Get PDFFood insecurity is a prevalent issue among college students. Stress induced by food insecurity may affect mental resilience. However, no previous reports have addressed this potential relationship. To fill this gap, an anonymous online survey targeting adults 18 years or older was distributed via social media and messaging platforms. The survey included demographic questions and the Brief Resilience Scale. A total of 997 people completed the survey, including 705 females, 246 males, and 46 others. Data was analyzed using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient in SPSS Version 25.0. The results show that food insecurity was positively correlated with consumption of pre-packaged foods (p\u3c0.01). Negative correlations between food insecurity and consumption of dark, green leafy vegetables (p\u3c0.01) and the ability to recover from stressful events (p\u3c0.01) were also found. This suggests a potential link between food insecurity, the consumption of pre-packaged foods, and decreased mental resilience.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1017/thumbnail.jp
The Pink Tax: The Widespread Impact of Capitalism
Get PDFCapitalism utilizes the misogynistic ideals present within the United States as a means to expand its power. Patterns of companies marking up items specifically targeted toward female-identifying people have become frighteningly prevalent. A brand of razors may charge more for a “women’s” razor than a “men’s” razor merely due to the complexities of the design. Because women tend to be more likely to purchase specific items such as makeup or nail polish, these items are also marked-up by these private corporations. The patriarchy, or specifically the male-identifying leaders of these corporations, set a standard for females to present themselves in a suitable manner. Thus, they are taught that there are certain products that are necessary to splurge on, no matter what the cost (literally). These corporations take advantage of this discriminatory system for every penny it’s worth. Capitalism (building off of essentialist ideas in American society) allows them to collect these profits and continue an unchecked cycle of exploitation and inequity.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1021/thumbnail.jp
Romanticization in Media
Get PDFIn my research I will be asking the question of how romanticization across media types supports capitalism. In media such as television shows and movies, the concept of big cities is used to create an ideal setting that draws people in. They also create an ideal character that coincides with this ideal setting. The combination of these ideals is used to create a romanticized life that people strive to achieve. To achieve such a life, usually means purchasing subsequent products that these ideal characters also use. This is also seen in modern social media with influencers, and celebrities. These are real life adaptations of these ideal characters that are in some ways, more influential in creating this ideal reality for people to strive for then the characters are. No matter if we’re looking at the ideal character, or ideal person, we still see people trying to become them. This desire to become them then turns into people buying into what they represent, and supporting our capitalist economy.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1036/thumbnail.jp
Comparing the Impact of Cultural Factors on Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Chinese and Other Asian Background College Students with Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety
Get PDFA cross-sectional survey of 204 Asian and Asian-American students at Binghamton University, including 103 students of Chinese descent and 101 students from other Asian backgrounds, was conducted through SONA. This study aimed to investigate the perceived support and cultural barriers faced by Asian and Asian-American college students experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms. The study found that depression and anxiety symptoms were significantly correlated with cultural stigma and barriers to seeking mental health treatment. Interestingly, perceived family support demonstrated a significant negative association with depression and anxiety symptoms, whereas perceived friend support was not correlated. The study suggests there is a need to reduce barriers and stigma to mental health services including making culturally sensitive adaptations. Future studies would benefit from a larger and more generalizable sample as well as the use of qualitative data to better understand the perceived cultural barriers to mental health encountered by Asian American college students.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1043/thumbnail.jp
Capitalization of Cultural Identities within Football
Get PDFFootball (soccer) has been a means for creating a sense of belonging through the Us vs Them rhetoric via laborers’ contempt for their bosses. This was evident in the inception of football clubs in the late 1800s; the steel-factory workers of Sheffield United vs the local elites of Sheffield Wednesday, the Glaswegian Irish-Catholics of Celtic playing against their protestant oppressors in Rangers, or the colonial administrators’ and local aristocracy’s club Zamalek vs Al-Ahly, founded by the people of Cairo. The struggle of the worker vs capitalist exploitation metamorphosed into regional and familial bonds, which only strengthened the collective identity of the supporter-groups; identities strong enough to encourage sectarian violence and revolutions. When the European football market began hyper-commercializing in the 1990s, massive heaps of money were spent by despotic rulers of countries and corporate-conglomerates into clubs in order to capitalize on this influence over individuals for the sake of increasing profits and spreading ideologies through sportswashing. Revenues exploded for all clubs, especially the income of the executives. This encouraged further involvement from capitalist interests and capitalist control over the enormous influence of football, and thus capitalized the product as a sense of belonging.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1048/thumbnail.jp
Socioeconomic Geographies and Municipal Decision Making of New York\u27s Climate Smart Communities Program
Get PDFNearly all of New York’s residents live in a municipality designated as a Climate Smart Community, but few are familiar with one of the state’s major legislative accomplishments. The initiative allows municipalities to earn points toward a climate smart certification by implementing sustainable technologies in their communities, which in turn makes them eligible for increased grant funding from New York State. As climate change begins to have a greater impact on human and natural life, investing in green infrastructure has never been more important. New York’s Climate Smart Communities program is widespread, but adoption rates vary greatly throughout the state as the downstate and mid-Hudson Valley regions dominated the program’s development in the first ten years. Areas along the western and southern borders of New York have a significantly lower number of registered climate smart communities compared to other counties. Certified climate smart communities can unlock large sustainability grants, which are two to three times larger than funding from the Office of Environmental Justice, which selects for only major cities, regardless of their location in the state or median household income. With these high-stakes incentives, municipalities throughout the state have taken notice of the program and begun to register as climate smart at a rapid pace over the last five years. While the increase in green infrastructure is encouraging, the benefits to the physical environment are still unknown, as there was no improvement in water quality with the presence of a climate smart community
Open Repository @ Binghamton Monthly Additions and Top Downloads - October 2023
Get PDFNewly added work in the Open Repository @ Binghamton (ORB) from 10/1/2023-10/31/2023. Top downloads from same time frame