Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    Community Gardens as Social Connection Spaces: Exploring the Human Ecosystem of an Urban Non-Profit Environment

    Year: 2026, 2026
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Finkelzon, Pearl, Thesis advisor (ths): Pasek, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Nichols, Naomi, Degree committee member (dgc): Bowness, Evan, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Community gardens can provide access to green spaces in urban environments and intertwine within their neighbourhood when their structure and vision are clear. This study sought to understand the effects of gardens on psychosocial well-being and knowledge sharing. Gardens provide a space for regaining intergenerational and intercultural connection, even after the challenges of COVID-19.… more

    The Fashion Object, Death Dialects, and the Contradiction of Historic Time: A Re-Examination of Historicism that Accounts for Fashion's Embodied Practices

    Year: 2025, 2025
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Samulski, Magdelena Lauren, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Pasek, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruusgaard, Emily, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This thesis examines contradictions in approaches to fashion cataloging and exhibition by considering how the fashion artifact is used as physical evidence for public memory of the past. As a memorial practice and timekeeper, fashion demands a complex cultural understanding of artistic production, aging, and history. How does this understanding of fashion as a cultural index and… more