Browsing by Subject "Cultural anthropology"
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The Cultural Bridge of Chinese-Western and Western-Chinese Theatre Comparative Design of The Wild Man and The Good Person of Szechwan'
(2016-11-25)This paper will aim at researching and examining design methodology for bridging Chinese and Western cultures in Western-Chinese and Chinese-Western theatre, which is based on my experience designing The Wild Man of Gao ... -
The Effects of the Mobile Phone on Social Etiquette: A Study Pertaining to the Guyanese Baby Boom Generation
(2015-12-16)This thesis explores the relationship between technology and society in North America through an ethnographic case-study study of six participants between the ages of 45 and 60, all of whom are of Guyanese ethnicity, and ... -
The Making of Political Forests in the Cittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: The State, Development and Indigeneity
(2015-08-28)This dissertation offers an anthropological and genealogical account of forests and social forestry, in particular the way they came to be constituted over time in one particular social-ecological context of Chittagong ... -
The Sound of Silence: An Ethnography on the Sama 'Ritual in the Nematollahi Kaneqah in Toronto
(2018-11-21)This thesis examines the Sufi ritual of Sama as practiced by the Nematollahi order in Toronto and will explore how music induces trance in Sufis during their ceremonies called Sama. My approach is ethnomusicological. ... -
Towards a Generative Politics of Expression: Re-Negotiating Identity in the "Traditional" Dances of Fiji and Fiji's Canadian Diaspora
(2015-01-26)Recent performances of the “traditional” Fijian song-dance practice called meke indicate a re-negotiation of identity amongst Fijians living in Fiji and Canada. Post-independence Fiji has had a tumultuous history with ... -
Using a Resilience Framework to Understand Aboriginal Parenting Practices in an Urban Aboriginal Community
(2015-01-26)Aboriginal communities in Canada have been portrayed as showing maladaptive parenting practices. Urban Aboriginal women now make up the majority of Aboriginal women in Canada, and research shows that they may face additional ... -
What is Music For?: Utopian Ecomusicologies and Musicking Hornby Island
(2015-12-16)This dissertation concerns making music as a utopian ecological practice, skill, or method of associative communication where participants temporarily move towards idealized relationships between themselves and their ... -
Writing with Scissors and Arranging Skin: Worlds of Woe and Happiness in the Child Welfare Scrapbooks of John Joseph(J.J.) Kelso, 1893 - 1894 Ontario
(2015-08-28)This dissertation examines the Child Welfare Scrapbooks of John Joseph (J.J.) Kelso, Ontario’s first Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children. Kelso was appointed to educate public sentiment following the passage ...