Anthropology: Recent submissions
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Water Conservation Practices and Asymmetrical Power Relations in Southwestern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-04)Abstract This thesis focuses on the politics of freshwater conservation and its impacts on water access, distribution, and management in Southwestern Ontario, focusing on Waterloo Moraine. It examines the role of various ... -
Making Sense of Video Instruction: An Ethnomethodological Analysis of Following a YouTube Croissant Making Tutorial
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-18)With the use of video instruction becoming more prevalent, this thesis looks at the methods learners use to navigate video tutorials through an ethnomethodological lens. As ethnomethodology is concerned with the way members ... -
Negative Spaces: Bringing Indigenous women to the forefront of archaeological research in the lower Great Lakes region
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-15)Indigenous women are underrepresented and/or stereotyped in the archaeological record with cultural remains often being interpreted as being inherently male. Previous to contemporary decolonial and feminist research, ... -
An Anthropological Perspective on the Experiences of Osteoarthritis in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and South Yorkshire, England
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)This research studies the experience of both being diagnosed and living with osteoarthritis. I conducted this research looking to understand whether and how societal norms affected medical treatment of the disease. The ... -
Sex Without the Head or the Hips: The Inferences Made on Bone and the Use of the Lower Body to Estimate Sex
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)When it comes to the sex estimation of a skeleton, the main factors contributing to which methods are used depend on which skeletal elements are present. When a skeleton is uncovered that is essentially complete, with ... -
Caribou Hunting at Mingo Lake: A Comparative Study of Pre-Dorset and Late Dorset Hunting Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-12)Caribou are a very important resource in the Arctic because they provide food, raw material for weapons and tools and skins for warm winter clothing. The methods used to hunt these animals have been studied extensively by ... -
Differential Diagnosis of Complex Conditions in Paleopathology: A Mutational Spectrum Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-06)The expression of mutations causing complex conditions varies considerably on a scale of mild to severe referred to as a mutational spectrum. Capturing a complete picture of this scale in the archaeological record through ... -
Multiculturalism: The Un/making of an In/visible Un/problematic Citizen
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-06)This thesis explores the lived experiences of Chinese Canadian youth (n=9) and their understandings of multiculturalism and racialization in Ontario, Canada. Canada is often cited as the epitome of acceptance and cultural ... -
Class Divides: An Ethnographic Study of Social Service Workers in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-06)Drawing upon narratives collected from those working in the fields of social work and child and youth work, this thesis examines the relationships forged between middle-class social service workers and low-income youth and ... -
A Comprehensive analysis of Dental Remains from the Early Bronze Age I site of Wadi Faynan 100, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-14)Five looted Early Bronze Age Tombs were excavated at the site of Wadi Faynan 100, Southern Jordan, in 2019. While archaeological site looting is a common problem worldwide, the lack of research utilizing commingled and ... -
Biopower, Disciplinary Power and Surveillance: A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of Drug Users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-31)Focusing on the role of police as primary actors in the arena of citizen safety, this thesis examines the effects of police practices on the daily lived experience of drug users accessing a Supervised Consumption Site ... -
“The System is Built to Exclude Them”: Using Sociality to Manage Health Amongst Women Experiencing Homelessness
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)The lives of women experiencing homelessness are often invisible from both statistics and the public eye. Yet, to support the population, specifically their health, their lived experiences must first be understood. Practicing ... -
Late Woodland Pottery Production in Essex County, Ontario: Evidence from the Puce Site
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)This thesis examines a collection of Early Late Woodland (Western Basin Tradition) pottery from the Puce Site (AbHq-3) in St. Clair Shores, Essex County, Ontario. The site was discovered through a Cultural Resource Management ... -
A Mobility Study of Neolithic People from Roquemissou in Southern France using Strontium Isotopes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)This thesis examines the patterns of changing 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios across the growth bands of 17 third molars belonging to people buried at the site of Roquemissou in Southern France. These ratios reflect the isotopic ... -
The Heritage Inquisition: A Comparative Analysis of Archaeological Heritage Legislation from Around the World
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)Around the world, archaeological sites and their excavation are governed by laws. These laws regulate things such as what must occur when land that may contain archaeological sites is going to be disturbed, as well as who ... -
Skeletons in Wells: Post-Mortem Treatments in Roman Eretria, Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-09)This thesis is an osteoarchaeological analysis of adult and juvenile human skeletal remains (more specifically, crania and long bones) that were excavated by the Swiss School of Archaeology from a 3rd century CE Gymnasium ... -
The Precariousness of the Non-Human Other: Situating Lyme Disease Within a Multispecies Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector-borne infection, can be found at the convergence of human-animal-environmental health. The spread of the bacterium is accompanied by various factors, such as ecological changes ... -
Connaissance and Savoir-Faire: A Chaîne Opératoire Perspective on the Lithic Industries at the Iler Earthworks (AaHr-22), Essex County, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-27)In a chaîne opératoire or ‘operational sequence’ conceptual framework, reduction technologies are recognized as an entangled, stepwise enactment of human knowledge (connaissance) and skill (savoir-faire). Through this ... -
Reconstructing the Life Histories of the Individuals Buried in the Rock-cut Cave Church of St. Georges, in Gurat, France
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)In the 1960s and 1970s, eighteen individuals were excavated from the cave church of St. Georges, located in Gurat, France. This thesis develops osteobiographies for these individuals to build on previous studies relating ... -
Bird Monitoring and New Media: An Anthropological Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)As the diversity of new media increases, people have more choices than ever before to select between various media for specific uses. In this thesis, I draw from my own research to look at the ways that bird monitors ...