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Confluence is an online platform for student writing, art, and research at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
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Criss Cross Episode Four: 4th Wave
KC Trommer speaks with musician and Gallatin faculty member Kwami Coleman and alumna Rosie K (BA ’08) about 4th Wave, the Gallatin Summer Music Intensive, for a discussion about collaboration, improvisation, and music-making.
Ad Astra: When There’s Life on Mars
There was a time when our relationship with our world felt more harmonious. Our parents flourished in those days.
The Rational and Intuitive Man Underground
How do humans confront their own suffering? Nietzsche's "On Truth and Lie in A Nonmoral Sense" and Dostoevsky’s "Notes from Underground" provide two models.
The Untold Story of California Missions
On religion and capitalism as motivators for colonial exploitation
Education and the Immigrant Experience
US curricula embed a warped sense of nationalism, and their lessons are especially problematic for immigrant students.
Kissy Dugan’s Gamble with Comedy
Kissy compares living for comedy to living for social media. Thinking too much about how you present your identity can rob you of a true sense of self.
The Tragedy of Iago
A villain, or at the very least an antagonist, is integral to most narratives. In Othello, Iago drives the struggle toward catharsis.