Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Review: Julian Go, ‘Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory’
(Theory, Culture & Society, 2021-04-22)In Julian Go’s pathbreaking text, Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory, he seeks to bridge the seemingly unreconcilable gap between social theory and postcolonial thought. Go begins by arguing that that social theory ... -
A Revised Text of Cicero’s Pro Lege Manilia
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)This thesis proposes a newer edition of the critical text of Cicero's Pro Lege Manilia to build on the 1905 Oxford edition by Clark which is still the most popular in English scholarship. Much of the text and its methodological ... -
Réécrire une Espagne exotique : de Carmen (1845) à La Femme et le pantin (1898)
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-01)La proximité géographique n’implique pas forcément une communauté de vues. Dans la France du XIXe siècle, une représentation biaisée d’une Espagne exotique était encore répandue, en dépit du voisinage des deux pays. Ce ... -
The Rhetoric of Silence: John Cage, Exigence and the Art of the Commonplace
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)This thesis approaches the work of American avant-garde composer John Cage from an unconventional perspective by utilizing rhetorical theory to examine the intellectual history informing his collected writings in the text ... -
Rhetorical Figures in Music
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-01)This paper looks at rhetorical figures in music, focusing on figures within the chiastic suite. It argues for a cognitive provenance of these figures, accounting for their appearance in both literature and music. It looks ... -
The Rhetorical Life of Surgical Checklists: A Burkean Analysis with Implications for Knowledge Translation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-10)This dissertation uses the terms of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism to identify rhetorical aspects of surgical team checklists as they have been promoted, performed, studied, and surveilled. I argue that these terms can help to ... -
Rhetorics Rising: The Recovery of Rhetorical Traditions in Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em> and N. Scott Momaday's <em>House Made of Dawn</em>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This study suggests, through a rhetorical analysis of the role of orators and oration in Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em> and N. Scott Momaday's <em>House Made of Dawn</em>, that literature can be a valuable resource ... -
Rigid Designation, the Modal Argument, and the Nominal Description Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In this thesis, I describe and evaluate two recent accounts of naming. These accounts are motivated by Kripke?s response to Russell?s Description Theory of Names (DTN). Particularly, I consider Kripke?s Modal Argument ... -
rinse and repeat
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-26)rinse and repeat is a collaborative thesis exhibition of art created by my plant collaborators and I that uses the visual language of sculpture, photography, performance, audio narratives, and collaboration to question the ... -
Risk Factors for Marijuana Use among Russian and Canadian Adolescents: a Comparative Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-13)The increasing use of toxic substances is one of the most serious problems in today’s society. Recent tendencies such as widening of the variety of drugs available, intensity of drug circulation, and the decrease in age ... -
Rites et activités de deuil dans la littérature française au masculin
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)La présente étude a pour objectif de mettre en évidence les stratégies textuelles mises en place par des écrivains français contemporains pour revisiter le décès de leur enfant, et plus particulièrement les activités de ... -
The Role of Concrete Models in the Revolution in Superconductivity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-13)The distinction between the abstract and the concrete is useful in understanding the way in which theories relate to phenomenon, respectively, or vice versa. The connection between theory and the actual workings of ... -
The role of executive functioning and perspective-taking in facilitating children's socially competent behaviours
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)Behaving in a socially competent manner (i.e., interacting with other social actors in an effective manner by adjusting one’s goals and behaviours according to the demands of various social situations) is a complex process ... -
The Role of Executive Functions and Emotion Knowledge in Children’s Communication Repair
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-18)Young children often provide insufficient information when speaking with others, making the ability to identify miscommunications and repair inadequate messages essential skills within their set of communicative abilities. ... -
The Role of Executive Functions in Children’s Communication Repair
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)Young children often provide ambiguous referential statements for their listeners. Thus, the ability to identify when miscommunication has occurred and subsequently repair messages is an essential component of communicative ... -
The role of eyes in early face processing: a rapid adaptation study of the inversion effect.
(Wiley, 2011-05-23)The current study employed a rapid adaptation procedure to test the neuronal mechanisms of the face inversion effect (FIE) on the early face-sensitive event-related potential (ERP) component N170. Five categories of ... -
The Role of Graphics in Video Lectures
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)With the increase in online course use (Allen & Seaman, 2017), there is an increasing need to determine the most effective (i.e., the most conducive for learning) way to present lectures online (e.g., video lectures). ... -
The Role of Institutions on R&D, FDI, and Economic Growth
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-24)This thesis broadly consists of three essays examining the impact of institutions on firm R&D, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) activity, and economic growth. The focus of each paper is unique in its contribution. The first ... -
The role of metamotivation in creating task-motivation fit
(American Psychological Association, 2016)One of the challenges of effective goal pursuit is being able to flexibly adapt to changing situations and demands. The current studies investigate whether individuals exhibit effective metamotivation—successful management ... -
The Role of Metamotivation in Managing the Motivation of Others: A Leadership Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-26)A central challenge faced by leaders is effectively managing the motivation of others. Integrating past research on leadership, motivation, and regulatory focus theory, I propose that metamotivation—the process of monitoring ...