Segregation and racism have systematically existed in the United States for hundreds of years. Today, though there have been strides taken in alleviating these inequalities, they manifest themselves in new ways. In Strawberry ...
Chisme is gossip, literally translated. However, chisme is also a means of transferring knowledge, and affirming connection within transnational families. In my upbringing, chisme has carried a negative connotation of idle ...
This project explores the groups and processes that come together to create the space of Puentes Hacia el Futuro— the education after school program of a community-based organization serving the Latinx migrant population ...
Urban art is a source of contention in Rome, Italy despite the fact that graffiti, a form of urban art, originated in Rome in 16th century BC. The tension between contemporary and ancient art is therefore written on its ...
This thesis is an exploration into the queer skateboarding scene of New York City in two parts. The first part, Queering the Park, is an experimental ethnographic film about Jamie Peralta, a queer and trans skateboarder ...
Performance ethnography is a new approach to anthropological research that uses theatre to identify and critically examine power structures as they exist in everyday life. Researchers using this methodology aim to work ...
Right now, there are more people living in cities than outside of them. At the same time, the sustainability of our cities continues to become less and less certain. Low-density urban settlements have been held up by some ...
While there is a significant amount of literature on peacemaking procedures after an armed conflict, there has not been much study on reconciliation processes after a violation of trust and humanity. This thesis looks at ...
In a rural area of Upstate New York, public educators are infuriated with the state of their profession. Many aspects of creative and thoughtful instruction have been abolished through public education reform. Beginning ...
The global mass consumption of fossil fuels represents an active threat to humanity’s continued existence on earth. However, while much attention has been paid to international political initiatives to reduce fossil fuel ...
My thesis project is a pseudo-ethnographic approach to archiving and analyzing four music videos from rapper Kendrick Lamar’s work. Through my analysis, I combine anthropological theory with visual studies to better ...
As the population of older Americans grows worldwide, there is increasing attention given to late-life care living facilities. Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) are one such option open to aging individuals. ...
Historically museums have been centers of constructed knowledge where one could go and learn about some sort of “other.” At its very beginning, museums were colonialist in their pursuits to learn about the exotic other, ...
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the Unites States, the debate over abortion has been a prominent feature of the American political landscape. While much research has investigated ...
Most historical accounts of The Chicano Movement, especially those about Southern Colorado, document the movement as having ended in the late 1970s, however el movimiento in Pueblo, Colorado continues on today because ...
Body image, or the mental perception of one’s own body, is shaped by external influences including, but not limited to: media, family and peer pressure, and cultural norms. The interactions between these influences constitute ...
Historically and especially in the past year under the Trump administration, the United States government has advanced anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies that marginalize, fracture, and harm migrant communities. This ...
This last year has been filled with nativist and anti-immigrant sentiments that place immigrants, especially undocumented, non-white immigrants, in diametric opposition to the white, male, wealthy American citizen. This ...
Refugees who immigrate to the United States face specific and unique challenges to becoming full members of the communities they join. This thesis focuses on how urban farming can provide an opportunity for refugees to ...
If the age of the anthropocene has arrived, then it would seem odd to turn the spotlight away from humans and onto the non-human. Yet this new geologic age suggests that we must rethink our relationships with our surroundings. ...