3 research outputs found
The Fictionalization of the Black Experience: The Presence and Absence of Black Femininity
No full textThis paper explains the roots of the misrepresentation of Black women in media and how this affects the Black woman's presence in and absence from the world. The paper seeks to interpret how a Black woman's marginalized state affects her consciousness and sense of self, and how the Black woman can free herself from viewing herself through the lens of her oppressors. This paper expresses that, by taking control of her essence and creating her own reality, the Black feminine can create her own sense of self separate from the caricatures made of her, most commonly the Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel. This paper applies women's blues as a possible route to liberation and analyzes the work of Jean-Paul Sartre, W.E.B. Du Bois, Sadiya Hartman, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, and other thinkers, critiquing whether their theories are broad enough to include the complexities of Black female consciousness.Purchase College SUNYPhilosophyBachelor of ArtsDiaz, Emiliano F
Adaptive and composite thin glass concepts for architectural applications
No full textThin glass – such as commonly applied for displays and touchscreen on electronic devices like smartphone and tablets – offers interesting characteristics for architectural applications. Due to its high strength and small thickness the glass can easily be bent in architecturally appealing curvatures, while the small thickness of the glass offers a significant weight reduction compared to traditional window glazing. This paper explores the potential of thin glass for architectural applications and reports on two thin glass concepts that are currently under investigation at TU Delft. The first concept concerns flexible and adaptive thin glass panels that can change their shape in response to external parameters. The second concept concerns thin glass composite panels in which thin glass facings are combined with (3D printed) core elements to create strong, stiff yet lightweight glass façade panels. From initial design explorations and prototyping, it can be seen that both concepts are very promising and viable for further in depth investigations.OLD Structural DesignApplied MechanicsBuilding Product InnovationDesign Informatic
