Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Judgment and the Order of Passivity: An Investigation of the Banality of Evil in the Cases of the Rwandan and Cambodian Genocides, and Modern Bureaucracy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-02)In the controversy surrounding Hannah Arendt’s coverage of the Eichmann trial in Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil the discussion of her work has come to recognize that Arendt’s account of the banality ... -
Judgments of effort depend on the temporal proximity to the task
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-26)Cognitive effort is a central construct in our lives, yet our understanding of the processes underlying our perception of effort are limited. Performance is typically used as one way to assess effort in cognitive tasks ... -
June Must be Right and 9 is on Top: An Investigation of Time-space and Number-form Synaesthesia
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-04)Synaesthesia is a fascinating condition whereby individuals report extraordinary experiences when presented with ordinary stimuli. In this thesis, we examine an individual (L) who experiences time units (i.e., months and ... -
JunkDrawerPhantomDressUpSoirée
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)This exhibition analyzes the archive as a malleable tool for art making through the creation of a personal archive comprised of concepts for images that were then used to construct various projects over a two-year period. ... -
Jury Decision-Making Study
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In this thesis I combine the social network analysis approach with the traditional experimental approach to study the phenomena of jury decision-making. I examine whether with each trial a social network is formed. The ... -
Just and Unjust Sanctions: The Case Study of Iran
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)This dissertation aims to accomplish two major goals: 1. To provide a theoretical framework for studying and evaluating justice in sanctions by modifying and expanding the Just War Tradition (JWT); 2. To apply this ... -
Justice that is Healing: Responding to Domestic Violence in Aboriginal Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2011)All Aboriginal communities are dealing with the effects of domestic violence. This thesis includes an exploration of the magnitude, outcomes and conditions that have been exacerbated by domestic violence with the goal of ... -
Keeping it simple. Short stories written by the young generation in post-war Germany.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)This thesis deals with selected short stories written by the so-called “young generation” in post-war Germany. To emphasize the importance of the historical, social and political background for the popularity of the short ... -
Knowledge Gaps, Perceived Barriers, and Perceived Rewards in Sexual Consent
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-27)Sexual consent, or the communication of willingness to participate in sex, is crucial in all sexual interactions. Whereas educators and researchers emphasize an ideal of consent (i.e., “affirmative” consent; Muehlenhard ... -
The Knowledge of German Phrases in a Multilingual Context: An Empirical Study among German-Speaking Canadians
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-06)Idioms are a linguistic form which appear frequently in bilingual communication andplay a special role because of the way their meaning is generated. In my master thesis, I explored the understanding of idioms and conducted ... -
Knowledge, First Aid and the Moral Requirements of Rescue
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)In cases involving the rescue of people in need of immediate medical care, it is often thought that the responsibility to save the lives of the imperilled falls to advanced professionals, such as paramedics, doctors, nurses, ... -
Knowledge, Justice, and Subjects with Cognitive or Developmental Disability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)This thesis includes four research papers, each devoted to a topic in philosophy of cognitive disability and its intersection with other areas of philosophy. Three focus on issues of cognitive or developmental disability ... -
"Kometensplitter einer Biographie" & die vielstimmige Beweglichkeit der Kunst. Autofiktionales Erzählen in Felicitas HOPPEs Hoppe
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-28)In this thesis I examine in how far, or to which degree, the concept of autofiction can be applied to Felicitas Hoppe’s text Hoppe (2012). Since the coinage of the term ‘autofiction’ by Serge Doubrovsky in the 1970s, ... -
Kommunikative Praktiken des Widerstands in psychotherapeutischen Gesprächen: Patientenwiderstand durch reaktive Ich-weiß-nicht-Konstruktionen / Communicative practices of resistance in psychotherapy interactions: Patients' resistance through reactive Ich-weiß-nicht-constructions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)In recent years, there has been an increase in conversation analytic research on psychotherapeutic interactions (Marciniak, Nikendei, Ehrenthal, & Spranz-Fogasy, 2016), particularly on the practices of patient resistance ... -
KPI Information Acquisition by Analysts: Evidence from Conference Calls
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)As performance measures based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) deteriorate in usefulness, information users are placing more reliance on alternative performance measures. Key performance indicators (KPIs) ... -
Kylie Jenner and Her Instagram Audience: A Lacanian Cultural Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-27)This thesis aims to examine the perception of female gender on Instagram by utilizing a conceptual framework based on the Mirror Stage theory of Jacques Lacan. Taking Kylie Jenner’s Instagram profile as an example of ... -
L'Enfant migrant dans la littérature pour la jeunesse : une analyse de six albums illustrés
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-19)Cette thèse vise à mettre en lumière la représentation de l’enfant migrant dans la littérature pour la jeunesse à travers l’analyse de six albums illustrés francophones : Nul poisson où aller (2003) de Marie-Francine Hébert ... -
L'image de la prison dans la littérature française et québécoise du 20e siècle
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-25)Cette thèse se consacre à l’analyse de l’image de la prison dans la littérature française et québécoise du 20e siècle et du début du 21e siècle. Elle examine un corpus vaste et varié constitué d’ouvrages de fiction et de ... -
L'intériorité des personnages dans les nouvelles de Maurice Henrie
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)On trouve dans l’écriture de l’auteur franco-ontarien Maurice Henrie certains thèmes, tels l’isolement et la dépression. Cette thématique apparaît particulièrement dans ses recueils de nouvelles, dont il a publié six. Dans ... -
L2 discourse markers and the development of interactional competence during study abroad
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)In my dissertation, I use the theories and methodologies of Conversation Analysis (or “CA”, see Sacks et al., 1974) to investigate how speakers of a second language (or 'L2') develop the ability to interact in the L2 — or ...