Arts (Faculty of): Recent submissions
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Children’s social perceptions and metaperceptions during an initial interaction with an unfamiliar peer
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-31)Background. Interacting with an unfamiliar social partner is a critical first step in forming a relationship (Hinde & Stevenson-Hinde, 1987). During these initial interactions, individuals tend to be more positive than ... -
A Social-Pluralistic View of Science Advising
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-30)In this dissertation, I bring together two disciplines: Science, Technology, and Society studies and the Philosophy of Science, to develop a social-pluralistic account of science advising. I use three prominent theorists ... -
In Search of Wholeness
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)In Search of Wholeness is an exhibition of sculpture, alternative photography, and video. The work examines connections to healing and being. “The English ‘health’ derives from Old English ‘hælth’, which is related to ... -
Self, Materiality, and National Identity: The Dilemma of Authenticity Among Millennial Industrial Designers in China
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)By analyzing the discourse relating to the dilemma of authenticity among millennial industrial designers in China, the major objective of this thesis is to gain insights into the values, beliefs, practices, and ethics of ... -
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 ... -
Peer Language Use and Criminal Decision-Making: An Experimental Study Testing Framing Effects of Peer Messages
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)Criminal decision-making tends to occur in social contexts. There is evidence that the decision to commit a crime is often preceded by verbal communication, however, relatively little is known about the mechanisms through ... -
On Memory for Everyday Symbols
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)This thesis investigated the memorability of common graphic symbols (e.g., !@#$%) and logos. In an initial set of 4 experiments, participants were presented during study with symbols or words (e.g., $ or ‘dollar’). In ... -
The Celebrity Imprint: "Religion" and Identity Among Fans of John Lennon and Johnny Cash
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)Fandom-as-religion literature examines similarities between fandom and religion and, in particular, dimensions of the fan experience such as beliefs, emotion, and ritual. This area emerged in the last thirty years and ... -
Temperament, attention, and the social world: New empirical approaches to the study of shyness and attention in middle childhood
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-16)In order to navigate their social world, children must come prepared to flexibly attend to and shift between the many different aspects of an interaction. For temperamentally shy children, for whom the demands of everyday ... -
Biodiversity Citizen Science Data Production Through iNaturalist: An Anthropological Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)iNaturalist is a common mobile application used in biodiversity citizen science projects and education. The application lets laypeople of all levels of expertise submit species ‘observations’ that can include correlating ... -
Digital Dialogism: Space, Time, and Queerness in Video Games
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)Video games are multimodal pieces of media; they communicate meaning through many layers of signification including aural, visual, narrative, mechanical, and more. To understand the ways that games communicate meaning and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
COMPLAINTS ABOUT COVID: An Examination of the Structure and Properties of Complaints about COVID-19 Using Conversation Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-28)In making a complaint, speakers attach a negative assessment to a person, an entity, or an event. Verbalizing such an assessment in interaction transforms a previously individual perception into one that they consider ... -
Communautés isolées : survie individuelle et collective en temps d’Apocalypse dans les romans de Christian Guay-Poliquin
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Cette thèse de maîtrise propose une étude de la représentation des communautés géographiquement éloignées en temps d’Apocalypse et de la survie des individus qui en font partie à partir de la trilogie romanesque de Christian ... -
Something to soften the blow
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Something to soften the blow is a visual arts exhibition featuring photography, textile, and video artworks that explore feminist critiques of representation in film, specifically looking at the slasher genre. What began ... -
Life After Harm: Exploring the Impact of a Restorative Justice Peer Support Group for People Who Have Sexually Offended
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)In recent decades, restorative justice approaches such as victim-offender conferences and circle processes have emerged as a response to people who have caused sexual harm. The traditional legal responses to sexual offending ... -
Care Packages
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)This thesis illuminates the importance of care between individuals and within society. The exhibition, entitled Care Packages, uses installation and sculpture to encourage collective care and support. Through monumental ... -
Developing a Community: Qualitative Approaches to Understanding the Role of Community Engagement in Gameswork
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-24)Through multiple qualitative approaches, this dissertation contributes to understanding the increased role of addressing, engaging, and managing online communities in gameswork. It pays particular attention to how individual ... -
Changer la donne. Contre « l’intraduisibilité » de l’hétérolinguisme dans le théâtre trinidadien
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Cette thèse en recherche-création remet en question l’idée que les textes hétérolingues sont intraduisibles. J’y traduis la pièce de théâtre Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) du dramaturge trinidadien Errol John en utilisant ...