Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Politics of Fear: Unitary Bias of a Federal Design in Nepal
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-16)This thesis explores the reasons that have led the framers of the constitution to centralize powers in the federal government of Nepal, despite claims for accommodation by its minority groups. It contends that the centralized ... -
Politics Through T-Shirts: A History of Protest, a Study of Digital Public History Methodologies and Open-Source Curating
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-26)The T-shirt, as it exists in the twenty-first century, is a staple in every wardrobe across the United States. Since it’s rise to popularity in the 1950s, it has been used a symbol of rebellion and dissent of the youth. ... -
Politics, Principles and Pluralism: On why liberalism must be inconsistent if correct
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-24)In this dissertation, the author argues that constructivist foundations of political liberalism require a rarely recognized sort of pluralism—not only the familiar pluralism between ideas about how we ought to live that ... -
Pompeius und die ,elf Städte‘ der Provinz Pontus
(Franz Steiner Verlag, 2022-12-01)The line of events from the death of Nikomedes IV through the Third Mithradatic War (73–63 BC) to the ratification of Pompey’s Eastern acts in Rome in 59 BC is well documented in our sources and well-studied in modern ... -
Popping My Collar: Applying Anthropology to the Field of Design and Marketing
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-30)This paper explores the relationship between anthropological research methods and business, marketing and research design. It is based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews. -
Poshlost’ in Nabokov’s Dar through the Prism of Lotman’s Literary Semiotics
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)The word poshlost’ denotes the concepts of banality, vulgarity or phlistinism, and has been an intellectual and cultural obsession since the second half of the nineteenth century, lasting well into the twentieth century. ... -
Positive Gaming: Workshop on Gamification and Games for Wellbeing
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2017-10-15)Gamification and games have been used and studied in a variety of applications related with health and wellbeing. Nevertheless, there are very few studies aimed at designing games (whether serious games or recreational ... -
Positive Materialsim: How Does Money Shape Family Happiness?
(University of Waterloo, 2009)Why do some families let money shape their happiness in a negative way while others control their money and shape their happiness in a positive way? Maslow (1943) described his first two levels in his Hierarchy of Needs ... -
Possibly, Maybe
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Possibly, Maybe is an exhibition of polychromatic, process-based objects made out of acrylic paint. Working with and against the limits of the material, the paint is systematically cast, peeled, and stretched colour by ... -
The Post-Secondary Decision-Making Process for At-Risk Students in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-23)An important body of research examines the role of student decision-making on stratification and post-secondary transitions. In an era of expanded options, students often have to draw on personal, family and institutional ... -
Postadolescent Novels in Contemporary German and Canadian Literature: Defining Features and Character Development of In Plüschgewittern’s and The Flying Troutmans’ Protagonists
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)Postadolescence is a relatively new sociological and psychological phenomenon. While previous research has primarily read the postadolescent novel as an adolescent novel, this thesis seeks to contribute to existing scholarship ... -
Posthumanist Medicine: Participatory Healthcare, Medical Humanities, and Digital Media
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)This dissertation explores the construction of illness in the context of two interrelated processes that both propose a more empowered patient role and a whole person model for healthcare. Specifically, these contexts are ... -
Posturing Horses: Xenophon on Biomechanical Soundness in The Art of Horsemanship
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-12)As early as the Bronze Age, ancient Greek horses shared in the social status of the military elite. The ritual inclusion of horses and their equipment in burial practices from the Bronze Age to the Classical period marked ... -
The Power of Optimal Encoding: Distinctiveness and Differentiation Defeat Directed Forgetting
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-25)The goal of this dissertation is to examine circumstances that encourage optimal encoding in memory. To accomplish this, several encoding manipulations were examined in the context of intentional forgetting. The typically ... -
The Power of Social Connections: Feelings of Connectedness Result in Sharing Goals, Emotions, and Intergroup Empathy
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-15)The purpose of the following research was to test the prediction that a sense of social connectedness to a stranger would result in the tendency to share psychological states with him/her. An overview of the literature on ... -
Practical Reasoning and Rationality
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)Theories of practical reasoning and rationality have been expounded at least as far back as the Greeks. Beginning with several historical perspectives, I attempt to answer the descriptive and normative questions of practical ... -
Practice Molds Place: Communities of Pottery Production and Situated Identities at Location 3 (AgHk-54)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-06)The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spatially and culturally distinct manifestations known as the Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian Traditions. Recently, the ... -
Practicing self-compassion weakens the relationship between fear of receiving compassion and the desire to conceal negative experiences from others
(Springer, 2018-04)Disclosure of personal distress is linked to important inter- and intrapersonal benefits. However, people who tend to view self-disclosure as being risky are likely to conceal their feelings and forgo opportunities to ... -
Pragmatic language use, inhibitory control, and attention in typically-developing preschoolers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-28)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by atypical levels of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity, and which is estimated to affect approximately 5% of ... -
Pragmatism and Cooperation: Canadian-American Defence Activities in the Arctic, 1945-1951
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)During the early Cold War, as the Soviet menace placed Canada in between two hostile superpowers, the Canadian government decided to take steps to ensure that its sovereignty and national interests were not threatened by ...