Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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From Wool to Warp and Weft: Approaching Ancient Greek Textile Work through Experimental Archaeology
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Due to the perishable nature of the work performed by women throughout much of ancient history, little physical evidence survives to study directly. This research is an exploration of the process of wool-working employed ... -
Functional analysis of concealment: a novel application of prospect and refuge theory
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-01)According to prospect-refuge theory, humans prefer to be in spaces that afford protection from threat (refuge), but also provide large fields of view (prospect). These preferences are said to arise from the adaptive ... -
Fundraising and Theology: How does current Mennonite praxis compare to Paul's collection for Jerusalem?
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-08)This paper compares the theology and praxis of Canadian Mennonite giving to the biblical texts of Paul’s collection for Jerusalem, particularly 1 and 2 Corinthians. It is based on interviewing Mennonite donors and ... -
Funktionen von Lachen in Gesprächen: eine konversationsanalytische Studie
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)This thesis looks at laughter in conversations in order to find out what functions laughter can fulfil. The data that are used for the analysis are conversations involving four different families and one or two researchers. ... -
Gallo-Roman Relations under the Early Empire
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)This paper examines the changing attitudes of Gallo-Romans from the time of Caesar's conquest in the 50s BCE to the start of Vespasian's reign in 70-71 CE and how Roman prejudice shaped those attitudes. I first examine the ... -
Galore: And Exhibition of Drawings
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)'Galore' is a series of drawings that celebrate the urge to reproduce and multiply ‘beauty’. Working from a collection of appropriated photographs, I have produced a suite of small-scale ballpoint pen drawings that explore ... -
Game Design Concepts
(University of Waterloo, 2009)The term “game design” is not well defined; it is used to mean many different things which oftentimes are only peripherally related to the actual design process, and many books purportedly on the subject do not adequately ... -
Games with Words: Textual Representation in the Wake of Graphical Realism in Videogames
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Much of the videogame industry is based around a model of technological progress, whereby developers, individual videogames, and videogame platforms are lauded as superior based on their engagement with the latest, cutting ... -
The Gamification User Types Hexad Scale
(ACM, 2016-10-16)Several studies have indicated the need for personalizing gamified systems to users' personalities. However, mapping user personality onto design elements is difficult. Hexad is a gamification user types model that attempts ... -
The Gaze Cueing Effect and Its Enhancement by Facial Expressions Are Impacted by Task Demands: Direct Comparison of Target Localization and Discrimination Tasks
(Frontiers, 2021-03-11)The gaze cueing effect is characterized by faster attentional orienting to a gazed-at than a non-gazed-at target. This effect is often enhanced when the gazing face bears an emotional expression, though this finding is ... -
„Gender fluidity“: Die Identitätskrise als Aufbrechen der Geschlechterrollen in Annemarie Schwarzenbachs 'Flucht nach oben'
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)The Swiss author Annemarie Schwarzenbach created literary figures that resist being classified according to a gender binary and heterosexual norm. She thereby, already in the 1930s, imagined something akin to the recent ... -
Gender Interplay in Nonnos' Dionysiaka: The Cases of Deriades and Aura
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-22)This thesis presents the relation between the gendered language of Nonnos and the ironic undertones he employs to describe two main plot points in the Dionysiaka. I focus on Dionysos’ battle with Deriades, the Indian king, ... -
Gender Stereotypes and the Relational Consequences of Interpersonal Justice Violations
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-30)A large body of organizational justice research has demonstrated that manager-subordinate relationships are damaged when managers violate justice rules. Yet, this relational damage may be unequal across managers. In the ... -
Gender, Schooling, and Antisocial Behaviour: Perspectives of School Personnel
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-11)This thesis examines gender, schooling, and antisocial behaviour and aims to shed light on how gender contextualizes the interpretations and reactions by personnel working in secondary schools. Drawing on data from 49 ... -
Genetic Renaissance: A Legal, Philosophical, and Ethical Examination of Consent Using Autonomy & Privacy in Genetic Testing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)Genetic testing has gained traction in the media with the recent Pentagon ban and continuing increases in public consumption of at-home tests. Public discourse surrounding this technology prompts further exploration of the ... -
Georgian Britishness: How "Britishness" was Defined During the Reigns of the First Three Hanoverian Kings (1714-1820)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-27)This thesis explores the development of “Britishness” or a British identity during the “long” eighteenth century in Great Britain during the reigns of the first three Hanoverian kings, also known as the “Georgian Kings”, ... -
German Accent Bias – The negative Connotation of the German Accent in English among German Speakers.
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)In a globalized world, multilingualism is prevalent, with English as one of its major lingua franca. However, a German accent in English is often perceived as a lack of linguistic competence. An accent is seen as an indicator ... -
German as a foreign language: Fostering intercultural and symbolic competence in integration courses in Germany
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-09)In the globalized 21st century, frequently rising international and intercultural encounters, mass migrations, and growing displacements happen to increase the necessity of intercultural language teaching, especially in ... -
German Heritage Language Attitudes in Ontario: A Case Study about the German Language in German-Canadian Families
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-19)This thesis aims at investigating language attitudes expressed by members of German-Canadian families (n=12) in semi-structured interviews. The analysis draws on methods from the field of Interactional Linguistics and ... -
German-Canadian identity negotiation. A comparitive study about ‚Selbst(er)findung‘ in Margaret Atwood’s "Cat's Eye" (1988) and Felicitas Hoppe’s "Hoppe" (2012)
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)This thesis examines the identity construction, or rather negotiation, of the protagonists of the novels „Cat’s Eye“ (1988) by Margaret Atwood and „Hoppe“ (2012) by Felicitas Hoppe, who are both prize-winning authors of ...