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Poster Patriots: The Construction of Patriotism Through U.S. War Propaganda
No full textThis project was made during the 2022 Fortenbaugh Digital Humanities Fellowship. It explores the construction of patriotism in U.S. war propaganda posters during the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. The project focuses on the themes of race thinking, the representation of women, and the role of economics. Posters were found in the Musselman Library’s Special Collections and College Archives, the Library of Congress, and other sites. This project uses StoryMapJS and TimelineJS to analyze the posters and trends in a WordPress site
Unlocking Rosenberger\u27s Research
Get PDFHomer Rosenberger\u27s unprocessed collection lies in Musselman Library\u27s Special Collections--a multitude of boxes filled with Pennsylvania research and memorabilia. By examining the first box in the collection, it becomes clear that Rosenberger was more than just an avid researcher, but also a man with his own history and reasons for collecting these documents in the first place
Forty Years without Family: Three Novel Bacteriophages with High Similarity to SPP1 Reveal Decades of Evolutionary Stasis since the Isolation of Their Famous Relative
Get PDFSPP1, an extensively studied bacteriophage of the Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis, is a model system for the study of phage–host interactions. Despite progress in the isolation and characterization of Bacillus phages, no previously fully sequenced phages have shared more than passing genetic similarity to SPP1. Here, we describe three virulent phages very similar to SPP1; SPP1 has greater than 80% nucleotide sequence identity and shares more that 85% of its protein coding genes with these phages. This is remarkable, given more than 40 years between the isolation of SPP1 and these phages. All three phages have somewhat larger genomes and more genes than SPP1. We identified a new putative gene in SPP1 based on a conserved sequence found in all phages. Gene conservation connotes purifying selection and is observed in structural genes and genes involved in DNA metabolism, but also in genes of unknown function, suggesting an important role in phage survival independent of the environment. Patterns of divergence point to genes or gene domains likely involved in adaptation to diverse hosts or different environments. Ultimately, comparative genomics of related phages provides insight into the long-term selective pressures that affect phage–bacteria interactions and alter phage genome content
Let\u27s Play!: Sports and Games in Art and Culture
Get PDFRegardless of differences across individual lives, cultures, and traditions, one of humanity’s most enduring and joyful acts is that of play. This commonality, however, does not mean that play should be seen as simply a trivial matter. Play is also not merely a matter of winning or losing, but a reflection of the moral and cultural values of society. The exhibition Let’s Play: Sports and Games in Art and Culture features eleven works of art, collected from disparate cultures, time periods, and countries, to demonstrate the productive forces of play in its many iterations. What is central to every work is the dynamism and creativity inspired by and achieved through the unfolding of play. Like art, play focuses on processes of moving or making, is open to chance, and offers a sense of pleasure to its viewers. Art and play can be understood as a kind of universal language which invariably communicates and makes possible the collective participation in cultural meaning and aesthetic expression. Despite the many socio-cultural differences between the works in this catalogue, each one shares that transcendent quality of play appealing to the most basic human desire: to find value in friendship, competition, art, and performance. Sports and games are easily accessible acts to realize joy and kinship.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/artcatalogs/1040/thumbnail.jp
Biofeedback Technologies as Extended Cognition: A Philosophical Analysis
Get PDFEvery year technologies become more sophisticated and more accessible. Some have become a seamless extension of mind, so much so that they are better understood no longer as tools, but as integral parts of how our mind works. Biofeedback devices are examples of such technologies that are increasingly used in institutional contexts and for personal use. They offer a presumed scientific and objective basis for life decisions and behavioral health interventions, as well as a promise of new forms of self-knowledge. Yet in the very design of biofeedback technologies are cultural and institutional values that are rarely critically appraised. This paper focuses on four such processes. (1) Simplifying and interpreting bio information; (2) Advancing ideals of health determined by the few; (3) Conceiving health as the systematic pursuit of these ideals, and (4) Perceiving bio data as authoritative and trustworthy. As biofeedback technologies are integrated more fully and function as cognitive extension of mind, we should be critically aware of the paradox of seemingly objective data reflecting values inherent in the design of biofeedback technologies and the recommended health interventions that result
#MMIWG2S
No full textMy series of paintings focused on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) movement and the importance of place. The MMIWG2S is a movement that advocates for the end of violence toward Indigenous women. May 5th marks the National Day of Awareness for the MMIWG2S movement, so people of different backgrounds across North America get together and show solidarity for missing and murdered Indigenous women by wearing red. Red is the official color for the MMIWG2S movement and plays a significant role in my paintings. I asked two of the staff members who participated in my project to come into the studio and put their handprints on the landscapes I painted for them. The landscapes in the series come from three different places where I and two staff members felt safe with our indigenous identity. The painting on the bottom left was inspired by a photograph that was taken in Mexico by one of the staff members. The painting on the top center was inspired by a photograph that was taken in Peru by the other staff member. The painting on the bottom right was inspired by a photograph that I took in Ecuador. The reason why I chose to have our handprints connect towards the middle is to show unification during a time of remembrance that honors our native sisters.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/studiostu/1092/thumbnail.jp
Framing of Latinx Vote Choice and Voter Registration
Get PDFThis work investigates media framing done by CNN between the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Although Latinx voters remain underrepresented and under researched, they have the ability to highly influence elections. Specifically, CNN uses the sleeping giant frame, the need for Latinx voter registration as a frame, and the importance of Latinx voter mobilization as a frame in the 2020 presidential election more prominently than in the 2016 presidential election upon consideration of Latinx vote choice and voter turnout
The Relationship Between Women in Parliament and Globalization
Get PDFI examine the relationship between women in national parliaments and globalization. Existing scholarship has thoroughly examined how globalization affects women’s representation but there is a distinct lack of research examining the obverse relationship. I seek to examine whether the saturation of women in the legislature has a significant impact on the level of globalization within a given nation and, more specifically, whether a curvilinear relationship exists between these two variables. I hypothesize that there exists a significant relationship of a concave nature, with parliaments that have no or a small percentage of women exhibiting low levels of globalization and globalization levels rising as the percentage of women in parliament increases. Eventually, as the proportion of women in parliament continues to increase, countries will see lower levels of globalization. By looking at data from the period 1946 to 2021, the result of my test supports my hypothesis
Struggles and Successes in Accessing Art
Get PDFAccording to the 2021 American Community Survey, 13% of Americans self-reported being disabled. That is over 42 million people. Many of have the same interest in attending art museums and galleries as non-disabled Americans, but face additional barriers. It is critical for art museums and galleries to recognize these barriers and take steps to reduce them. Several large art museums have begun innovative programs that can provide an example of what an art space with the time, staffing, and resources can achieve. Although accessibility requires a plethora of considerations to be done properly, museums and galleries have shown incredible progress in the past fifteen years that will hopefully expand to more places in the future