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Anthropology: Recent submissions
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North End Narratives: Grid-Group Analysis for Environmental Justice in Hamilton, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)This paper explores environmental inequality and perceptions of environmental risk among people living in proximity to the industrial sector of Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). This sector is adjacent to Hamilton’s lower city, ... -
Printing the Past: 3D Printing and Archaeology
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-15)3D Printing and 3D imaging technologies are frequent topics of global discussion. We see countless news media posts and academic articles devoted to what the technology is capable of and how it is currently being used. ... -
4150 Cousins: What 7 DNA Ancestry Tests Can Tell You About Your Kin
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-12)This thesis presents the results of seven commercialized DNA ancestry tests that are all available to the public, for under $400 Canadian dollars each. This research is conducted to explore the use of commercialized DNA ... -
Together in Death: A Study of Late Bronze Age Double Burials in Mycenaean Chamber Tombs
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)The Mycenaean civilization flourished during the late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1050 BCE) throughout the Peloponnese in Greece and the Aegean. The Mycenaeans buried the dead together within communal chamber tombs, and therefore ... -
Masked by Fire: A Pilot Study Analyzing Perimortem Ballistic Trauma in Burnt Remains
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)Fire is believed to destroy everything it comes into contact with, making it a popular choice for covering up crimes like murder. By warping and shrinking the bones, fire can pose quite a challenge to even the most experienced ... -
Techno-Utopia/ Techno-Dystopia: Writing the Future of Cyber-Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-13)Will cyberspace ever become truly inhabitable, and if so, what kind of political climate will be present there? By investigating emergent discourses surrounding the future of cyber-technology, I reveal how online users ... -
Working Towards Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeological Topics and Research Questions in Nain, Labrador
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-12)Archaeology is one avenue that people use to understand the past. It is through these contemporary understandings of the past that cultural identities are created and maintained. Unfortunately, Indigenous perspectives have ... -
A Study in Paleo-Oncology: On the Identification of Neoplastic Disease in Archaeological Bone
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Humans have experienced neoplastic disease since antiquity as evidenced by its frequent mentions in numerous ancient medical texts from diverse cultures. However, the skeletal record does not always corroborate this fact, ... -
Identification of hybridization in the nasal cavity of baboon hybrids, Papio anubis x P. cynocephalus, as an analogue for Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human hybrids
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)This study developed an informative model of a nasal cavity of a Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human (AMH) hybrid based on the morphological measurements and nonmetric features of nonhuman primate hybrids. This study ... -
In the Eye of the Beholder: Perceptions of Ecotourism in Algonquin Provincial Park
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Since its inception, ecotourism has been promoted as a solution to some of the problems of biodiversity conservation. It has been touted as having the potential to balance the diverse interests of various publics by ensuring ... -
The Preservation and Stewardship of Archaeological Sites in the Boreal Forest: A Public Issues Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Archaeological sites in the boreal forest are facing threats due to urban development, resource exploitation, vandalism, and infrastructure development, among others. In the context of archaeological site preservation as ... -
Scripting the Right to be Canadian: Immigrant Experiences, Policies, and Practices in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)The ways that categories of immigration are drawn and standards of successful citizenship are measured in Canadian society influence the ways that people script themselves to appear as worthy immigrant applicants and ... -
Perceptions of Repatriation: An anthropological examination of the meaning behind repatriating human remains in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)The repatriation of Aboriginal human remains is still a debated issue in some forums. However, among many Canadian museums and other institutions, repatriation of ancestral remains is no longer a debate. It has become part ... -
Living on the Edge: Old Colony Mennonites and digital technology
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-18)Technology does not stand alone in any society. Each society negotiates its own relationship with technology and places its own value on it. Each chooses its own path. This thesis considers the path taken towards technology ... -
Mycenaean Occupants of Ancient Kallithea: Understanding a Population’s Health, Culture, and Lifestyle Through Bioarchaeological Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-26)The Mycenaean cemetery at Kallithea Laganidia is the first comprehensive study of a cemetery sample from the periphery of the Mycenaean world. Previous studies have focused primarily on remains from palace centers. Even ... -
Cultural Knowledge Systems: Synthesizing our knowledge of knowledge using grounded theory
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Many applied academics, within and outside anthropology, have called for the incorporation of cultural knowledge in public policy and decision-making, and for the “bridging” of knowledge systems in knowledge coproduction. ... -
Interpreting Balinese Culture: Representation and Identity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)The representation of Balinese people and culture within scholarship throughout the 20th century and into the most recent 21st century studies is examined. Important questions are considered, such as: What major themes ... -
Preserving Arctic Archaeology in the 21st Century: Threats of Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-16)Archaeological sites around the world are facing many challenges. These challenges include urban expansion, resource exploitation, tourism, governmental infrastructure programs such as road development and one of the ... -
The Volunteering Self: Ethnographic Reflections on “The Field”
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)This thesis explores the author’s experience of fieldwork in Western Ghana while volunteering to promote gender equality at an elementary school. Analyzing the stages of preparation for fieldwork, situating the self in ... -
Food, Identity and Symbolic Metaphors in the Bengali South Asian- Canadian Community
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Migration is a process that allows people to circulate from one place to another as they seek resources and search for new beginnings. The study of the South-Asian Bengali community in Canada, conducted in Southern Ontario ...