Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In 1995, Donald Judd's Chinati Foundation held its inaugural symposium titled "Art in the Landscape". During the roundtable discussion, walking artist Hamish Fulton asserted that there are fundamental differences between his art and American Land Art. Drawing on Fulton's assertion, this dissertation argues for the redefinition of British environmental art,… more Full Text: TENDING TO PLACE FROM HERE TO THERE: STUDIES IN THE PLACE-WORK OF AESTHETIC CHOROGRAPHY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This dissertation is about Forests, their loss and the grieving that arises from their loss. The loss of ancient and old-growth forests by way of clearcutting and or anthropogenically driven disturbances, including climate change, presents the quandary of loss of both biological and cultural diversity. Following Umeek's/E. Richard Atleo's term, I suggest that "dis-ease… more Full Text: ON FORESTS, WITNESS TREES, AND BEARS: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL AND MULTISPECIES WITNESSING AND GRIEF A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the impact that digital labour and work from home have across different populations. This work is framed with regards to Marxist-feminism and particularly examines the impact of work from home across different genders. To demonstrate the depth and breadth of the impact that work from home has on worker agency, four unique industries are analyzed: office jobs, gig… more Full Text: DIGITAL LABOUR AND WORKING FROM HOME: INVESTIGATING THE FORMATION OF THE TRIPLE DAY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): van Vliet, Elizabeth, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Synenko, Joshua, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton-Jiménez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the ways in which body image is discussed in online settings. There are three different communities discussed: body positivity, proED (pro-eating disorder), and body neutrality. Both body positivity and proED content are fairly popular online, and both have found significant support and followers on various social medias. In this thesis, I argue that both of these… more Full Text: A SMILE AND A NEUTRAL ATTITUDE: AN EXPLORATION OF BODY IMAGE DISCUSSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BODY NEUTRAL PERSPECTIVE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Allwood Portillo, Mark, Thesis advisor (ths): Bordo, Jonathan, Degree committee member (dgc): Cammaer, Gerda, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Cazorla Sánchez, Antonio, Degree committee member (dgc): Fenner, Angelica, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>From Altdorfer and Poussin to Cézanne, Monet and to the Group of Seven, landscape has been a focal point of artistic inspiration for most of what we think of as modern art history. In contemporary times the concept and representation of landscape has shifted from visions of an idealized and exalted place to notions of the landscape as a ruins and site of ecological disaster. Because of… more Full Text: LANDSCAPE AND ITS DISCONTENTS – ART AND RUINS, A CRITICAL TOPOGRAPHY IN WORD AND IMAGE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Cousins, Richard James, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): McLachlan, Ian, Degree committee member (dgc): Mroz, Daniel, Degree committee member (dgc): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): McGowan, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Why show things that aren't people acting like people? In the field of animation, it's a surprisingly big "why?", because it's a "why?" that doesn't lead to any sort of doctrine of ontology, of inevitability, of manifest destiny, or of anything like that. But it does lead to another "why?"—"why did anthropomorphic depictions of… more Full Text: CARTOONS AIN’T HUMAN: REFLECTIONS ON THE USES AND MEANINGS OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN ANIMATED SHORTS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The purpose of this research is to highlight the limitations and opportunities for playful expression of gender identity in character creation systems of virtual worlds, and how these might work to reinforce, or disrupt, the heteronormative imperative. The primary sites considered in this analysis are the video game World of Warcraft and the live action role-playing game Amtgard. I… more Full Text: HETERONORMATIVITY IN VIRTUAL WORLD DESIGN: CHARACTER CREATION AND THE LIMITATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYFUL EXPRESSION IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND AMTGARD A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Zelenskiy, Alexey, Thesis advisor (ths): Penney, James JP, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Steven SB, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam LM, Degree committee member (dgc): Flisfeder, Matthew MF, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua JS, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael ME, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The goal of this dissertation is to formulate a critique of embodiment through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis and in the context of digital media and intelligent technologies. Along with psychoanalysis, our research methodology and philosophy are informed by Badiou's philosophy of the event, Stiegler's philosophy of technics and infrastructuralism in media studies. Our… more Full Text: THE BREACH, DIGITAL DISRUPTION, THE EVENT: PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PHILOSOPHIC CRITIQUE OF EMBODIMENT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of …
