Browsing Theses by Subject "Autoethnography"
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Niigani Miinigowiziiwin (we give these gifts to the future)
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-17)This dissertation is the ni di-bah-ji-mo-win (my personal story) of being an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibway woman) doctoral student, studying conventional systems thinking, complexity and transitions to sustainability discourse ... -
View from a Body: Situating the Lived Experience of Painful Obsessions and Compulsions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Painful obsessions and compulsions have been traditionally consigned to the realm of mental illness. However, an investigation into the lived experience of these tendencies demonstrates that they constitute embodied forms ... -
The Volunteering Self: Ethnographic Reflections on “The Field”
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)This thesis explores the author’s experience of fieldwork in Western Ghana while volunteering to promote gender equality at an elementary school. Analyzing the stages of preparation for fieldwork, situating the self in ...