Research – Page 4 – Confluence

Volcano Quilting

by Cheyenne BryantPosted on March 25, 2022March 24, 2022

I had never thought of a slave witnessing a volcano before; that specific scenario was not conceivable in my reality. As someone who had always longed to connect with the ghosts of my shared diasporic past, I had to know: How did slaves react to a volcano? My project was an attempt to communicate with history and, hopefully, sew together any holes left by neglect.

A Ceremony for Life

by Tomer Keysar and Boheng ZhangPosted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022

A tea ceremony for the victims of the 1980 Mount Saint Helens volcanic eruption.

Interdisciplinary SeminarResearchVideodisaster environment memorial memory volcanoes

A 21st-Century Look at an 11th-Century Money Transfer by Alex Gould

A 21st-Century Look at an 11th-Century Transfer

by Alexander GouldPosted on December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

A fictional museum exhibit spins a narrative from documents related to a money transfer end of the Fatimid caliphate. The interpretation casts history as an institution that permanently exists in the present.

FictionInterdisciplinary SeminarResearcharchives history museums narrative trade

Queer Detainee Empowerment Project

by Laura ZhangPosted on December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

Voices of Our Community: Oral Narratives from Queer Asylum Seekers

Arts WorkshopResearch21st century lgbtq migration oral history united states history

A Note for the Archive

by Katherine LeisterPosted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

When I began my time at an early twentieth-century historic house museum, I was expecting to find a lot of things—furniture, yellowing diaries, shelves and shelves of vintage clothes—but I never imagined I would find my grandmother.

Independent ProjectResearch20th century archives family museums oral history united states history

From Little Tokyo to Bronzeville and Back Again

by Niulan WrightPosted on December 2, 2021November 29, 2021

How the Creation of Social Stratification Between Japanese and Black Americans in Los Angeles After World War II Played a Role in the “Model Minority” Ideology

First-Year Research SeminarResearchblack history california culture identity immigration los angeles race united states history urban studies world war II

Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and the Hypebeast

by Jay EisenstatPosted on November 29, 2021November 18, 2021

The Tribulations of the Internet Age, Through a Neo-Freudian and Marxist Lens

Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch21st century capitalism consumerism culture Marxism psychology sigmund freud

Venus and the Voyeur

by Samantha SantanaPosted on November 17, 2021November 16, 2021

Consent and Viewership through Depictions of Venus

Interdisciplinary SeminarResearchancient greece art art history enlightenment gender medicine representation sculpture

Color by Her

by Lydia PamudjiPosted on November 15, 2021November 12, 2021

Justice and Peacebuilding by Women Artists of Color

First-Year Research SeminarResearchactivism art feminism gender justice portraiture race representation united states

Queering Geographies

by Ben CrestoPosted on November 11, 2021March 23, 2022

A Sociospatial Account of the Urban “Gayborhood”

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcommunity gentrification lgbtq united states history urban studies

The Morbid Nature of Tasers

by Ella RamirezPosted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

Why is the use of tasers and stun guns so normalized among urban women? These weapons have been studied in the context of policing, but very little research has been dedicated to the individual use of tasers for self-defense.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcomedy gender pain police brutality race united states history violence