Browsing Honours Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Anthropology"

Browsing Honours Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Anthropology"

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  • Locke, Jenna (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)
    The thesis examines personal and suvivor expressions of identity through freed-people funerary monuments located in the Pompeian necropoleis. The goal is to show how the deceased were able to manipulate their funerary ...

  • Fraser, Allison Carol (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    This thesis synthesizes documentary evidence with two major sets of geophysical data in a comparative study between a potential subsurface archaeological feature, tentatively identified as the possible remains of a colonial ...

  • Barker, Brooke M. M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-29)
    This thesis examines how the relationship between archaeology and heritage impacts a historic site, using the Grand-Pré National Historic Site (GPNHS) as a case study. Particularly, looking into whether this relationship ...

  • Davies, Dai (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    Coming out, or the public expression of a non-hegemonic sexuality, is an important process in the lives of many lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, among others. The last major anthropological study of coming out using the ...

  • Peters, Michaela (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)
    This thesis is an ethnographic study of conflict and conflict resolution at a Halifax elementary school. It describes the skills and techniques that students are taught at the school to handle their conflicts and the ...

  • Bitter-Suermann, Magdalene (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    This thesis examines the role of food in the construction and performance of middle class identity for young women living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It will frame this subject within the larger context of urban food ...

  • MacGrath Jackson, Avery (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021-04-16)
    This thesis examines the eighteenth-century Missionary Thomas Wood, the first Anglican clergymen to translate religious texts in the Mi’kmaq language. The central argument of this Theses is that Wood influenced and shaped ...

  • Robertson, Logan K. Q. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)
    An increased awareness of the social determinants of health and their interdisciplinary applications has led to a wealth of new research in the last two decades. Anthropologists are using these constantly evolving determinants ...

  • McLean, Jordan Alexandra (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-29)
    This thesis explores how Acadians in Halifax Regional Municipality use French to index their identity, including the importance of language in doing so. Halifax, Nova Scotia is home to an English majority as well as ...

  • Simon, Shannon Carol (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-15)
    The Anthropocene, our current geological era, is defined by increased anthropogenic environmental alteration that is reducing great ape populations globally. As this occurs, there becomes an increased need to not only ...

  • Smith, Vanessa Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    On Christmas Day, 1782, or so the story goes, Peter McNab purchased the largest island in Halifax Harbour, which carries his name to this day. Folk and literary tradition has portrayed Peter McNab, a native of Highland ...

  • Ryan, Kristina R. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)
    This thesis examines the property crimes of 18th-century Halifax, Nova Scotia from the years of 1749 to 1770. In this study an investigation of the judicial system of a British colony is produced, along an evaluation of ...

  • Fox, Adeena (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)
    This thesis examines public engagement with three historical burying grounds in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Old Burying Ground, the Poor House burying ground, and St. Peter’s Cemetery. The research question was ...

  • Freeman Marr, Laura (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)
    This thesis explores the unique archaeological feature of Newgrange known as the roof-box, which was rediscovered after the excavations carried out at the site in the 1960s by Michael J. O’Kelly. This rediscovery led to ...

  • Lutz, Katherine Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)
    The rock-art of Point Pleasant Park has been largely unacknowledged by academic research and popular narratives. This study seeks to remedy such oversight by exploring the function of this contemporary assemblage, based ...

  • Hart, Amber L. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)
    This thesis examines how and why the neurodiversity paradigm and movement influence autistic people’s identities as they participate in autism self-advocacy activity. The neurodiversity paradigm dictates that autism and ...

  • Green, Randi (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    In this thesis I explore the historical context and newspaper portrayals of the 1973-74 campaign to preserve the Capitol Theatre of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the 1982-83 campaign to preserve the Imperial Theatre of Saint ...

  • Kemp, Emma (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)
    This thesis examines the relationship between toponomy and cultural landscape of Mi'kmaw and non-Indigenous populations in historical Cape Breton. The goal is to demonstrate the ways in which place names are indicative of ...

  • Kilback, Leena Louise (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    The Roman villa at San Felice in southern Italy was inhabited during three distinct phases of occupation. The villa began its life as a privately-owned residence but became property of the imperial fiscus and underwent ...

  • Walker, Kieran P. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)
    This thesis applies anthropological methodology to concepts of second language acquisition motivations in an attempt to better understand the question of, why students at Saint Mary’s University choose to learn the Irish ...