Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Rose, Thesis advisor (ths): Popham, Elizabeth, Degree committee member (dgc): Baetz, Joel, Degree committee member (dgc): Eddy, Charmaine, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines how co-creators Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's 2014 graphic work, Bitch Planet, is in all conceivable ways a seminal and prescient example of — to use their term — "non-compliance" in the comics form and industry. From its inception as a feminist dystopia, written by a white woman and illustrated by a Black man, in an industry that is… more Full Text: “Non-compliance” in the system: Bitch Planet’s satirical representations of race and gender constructs A Thesis to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Food waste (FW) disposal has negative implications for the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of communities. While some municipalities in Canada have made improvements to their FW management, others have not been successful. Considering the complexity of the issues integrated into municipal FW management (MFWM), a mixed methodological approach was used to understand the… more Full Text: An assessment of the determinants of, or barriers to, successful municipal food waste management systems: A comparative analysis of municipalities in Ontario, Canada. A thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Stevenson, Nicholas Donald, Thesis advisor (ths): Dubreuil, Laure, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Rodríguez, Amelia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The onset of the Natufian sees the unfolding of a lasting dietary shift: the transition from foraging to farming. To understand this transition, we have to identify the exploited plants and explain why they were chosen. To that end, I used use-wear and residue analysis to isolate wear patterns distinctive of specific plants. I conducted a series of six grinding experiments on wheat,… more Full Text: Food Practices in Transition: Plant Processing and Recipes during the Transition from Foraging to Farming in the Levant. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Watson, Samantha L, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Janz, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Peers, Laura, Degree committee member (dgc): Ferris, Neal, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the history of Indigenous inclusion in the discipline of archaeology and how archaeologists can provide reconciliation when working with Indigenous peoples in their territory. This thesis focuses on the territory of the Williams Treaties with a particular focus on the location of Nogojiwanong (Peterborough). My data consists of in-depth interviews from ten informants… more Full Text: Archaeology and Reconciliation in the Williams Treaties Territory A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): LaPierre, Daniel Josef, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Janz, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Hart, John P., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This case study focuses on geospatial patterns of decorative variation in pottery assemblages from 234 Northern Iroquoian village communities, occupied between ca. 1350–1650 CE. Previous interpretations of these assemblages' ceramic decorative variability have been based on the assertion that potters from these communities used collar decorative motifs as communicative social… more Full Text: Community Coalescence and Regional Geospatial Trends of Ceramic Decorative Variation in Late Woodland Northern Iroquoia A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McLaughlin, Adam, Thesis advisor (ths): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Hutchinson, Tom C., Degree committee member (dgc): Rutherford, Stephanie, Degree committee member (dgc): Classens, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis re-imagines the social sustainability of civic agriculture. This entails critically examining the idea of sustainability and exposing why a tendency to undertheorize its social dimension is problematic for how we think about sustainability, and consequently for how we do sustainability. What is demonstrated is that we can overcome this tendency by adopting Stephen McKenzie… more Full Text: Civic Agriculture: a means to, and an expression of, social sustainability? A conceptual exploration and defense A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis evaluates a multi-stakeholder participatory planning initiative, NeighbourPLAN, in Peterborough, Ontario, and the role of the third-party broker, GreenUP, in establishing connections and networks of capacity between marginalized members of the community and contributing organizations, city, and experts. Participatory approaches to engage residents disenfranchised by… more Full Text: BUILDING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS: EVALUATING NEIGHBOURPLAN’S PARTICIPATORY PLANNING INITIATIVE FOR INCREASED PARTICIPANT CONNECTEDNESS IN PETERBOROUGH/NOGOJIWANONG, ONTARIO A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The tools and techniques used by Ontario's Middle Woodland potters to create designs on vessels have often been assumed in the literature. Pottery typologies currently use these assumptions to classify ceramics found in the archaeological record. Assumed, or suggested, tools and techniques include cord impression, cord-wrapped stick, fabric impression, fabric-wrapped paddle, incised… more Full Text: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES: USING EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY TO REPLICATE CERAMIC DESIGN ELEMENTS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts TRENT …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Ohwén:tsia Entsionkwarihón:nien is a project that explores the intersection of Kanien'kéha immersion, Kanien'kehá:ka culture and the potential impacts of experiencing Rotinonhsón:ni knowledge on the land. Students at the Akwesasne Freedom School are fully immersed in the Kanien'kéha language and the "curriculum" is centered around four Rotinonhsón:ni systems of… more Full Text: OHWÉN:TSIA ENTSIONKWARIHÓN:NIEN (THE EARTH WILL TEACH US AGAIN): A ROTINONHSÓN:NI LAND-BASED EDUCATION MODEL A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis addresses the excavation and analysis of the Hingston Group, a small courtyard group just south of the ceremonial core of the Ancient Maya city of Ka'kabish in North-Central Belize. I use settlement and household archaeological theory to understand the functions, occupation history, and status of this residential group. I also rely on entanglement theory, along with the… more Full Text: Creation During Abandonment: Researching the Hingston Group at Ka’kabish, Belize A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Ecological restoration helps managers of protected areas respond to challenges presented by factors that threaten ecological integrity and respond to residual effects of previous land use. Many protected areas require restoration on sections of the property, due to previous land use. The objective of this thesis is to present criteria that assist ecological restoration professionals in… more Full Text: Prioritizing Restoration Potential within Protected Areas in Haliburton County, Ontario A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The thesis examines the changes in the representations of women in Turkish cinema from the 1980s through the 2000s in terms of semiotic codes. To demonstrate the shifts of the representations of women over three decades, four films directed by two representative filmmakers of the 1980s and the 2000s are analyzed within the context of gender codes: A Sip of Love (Atıf Yılmaz/1984), The… more Full Text: THE CHANGES IN THE REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN FROM THE 1980S TURKISH CINEMA TO NEW TURKISH CINEMA 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 …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Garrett, Joshua Thomas, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Gates St-Pierre, Christian, Degree committee member (dgc): Haines, Helen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines morphometric variability and decorative variability and complexityat the intervessel and intravessel levels in samples of complete and near-complete Middle
and Late Woodland vessels. The purpose of this study is to determine how a better
understanding of variability in Middle and LateWoodland period pottery can help interpret
fragmentary assemblages and supplement… more Full Text: MORPHOMETRIC AND DECORATIVE VARIABILITY IN COMPLETE AND NEAR-COMPLETE MIDDLE AND LATE WOODLAND VESSELS FROM THE FRONTENAC AXIS A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Currier, Anna, Thesis advisor (ths): O'Manique, Colleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Attridge, Ian, Degree committee member (dgc): Seasons, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Rutherford, Stephanie, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Using the Official Plan as the case study, this research examines the extent to which underrepresented groups are engaged in public consultation in the planning process for the City of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The Official Plan, along with the tools and secondary plans and policies which reinforce it, shape how people navigate and benefit from the built environment, such as access… more Full Text: AN OFFICIAL PLAN FOR PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO: PROMOTING DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH’S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY ThesisSubmitted Submittedtotothe theCommittee Committeeon onGraduate GraduateStudies StudiesininPartial …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): England, Josh, Thesis advisor (ths): Elton, Hugh, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, William, Degree committee member (dgc): Eastwood, Warren, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Olives have been grown in the Mediterranean region for millennia and have been a staple crop in many of its cultures. This was never more true than during the Hellenistic (323 – 133 BC) and Roman (133 BC – AD 450) periods in the Mediterranean. This thesis examines the territory of the Roman city of Sagalassos in the region of Pisidia, modern province of Burdur, and determines if olives… more Full Text: OLIVES IN THE MOUNTAINS: A CASE STUDY OF THE ROMAN CITY OF SAGALASSOS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Dugas, Alexandre, Thesis advisor (ths): Findon, Joanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Polito, Mary, Degree committee member (dgc): Bode, Rita, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Artistic expressions such as writing, theatrical productions, music, and film arguably contribute to a culture's representation of itself to the outside world. Most cultures have been either read or misread through their artistic outputs over the course of history, although the Irish culture stands as a particularly misunderstood one. Through years of colonization and rebel warfare… more Full Text: HIBERNIAN IMAGINATION: A STUDY OF IRELAND’S VIOLENT CULTURAL IMAGINARY THROUGH WRITING, MUSIC, AND FILM A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Barnett, Kendra Lynn, Thesis advisor (ths): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Moore, Jennifer, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Pihl, Robert, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The goal of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the history of Middle and Late Woodland settlement at Jacob Island, located in Pigeon Lake in the Trent River region, through analysis of ceramic artifacts recovered during the 2016 excavation program. Using both typological and attribute based analysis. The results indicate a form of seasonal occupation. The ceramic patterning on… more Full Text: CERAMIC ANALYSIS OF JACOB ISLAND 2: LOCAL PATTERNS AND REGIONAL COMPARISONS 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: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis explores the perceptions of human-bear interactions in Ontario, suggesting that they have been shaped by narratives that have roots in colonial perceptions of nonhuman animals. Further, I seek to consider how these interactions could unfold differently if we rethought our relationships and responsibilities to these beings, in particular through an embrace of Indigenous-led… more Full Text: (Re)encountering black bears: Exploring the conceptualizations of human-bear interactions within Ontario A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Canadian authored diverse LGBTQ2S children's picture books can help counter socialized aspects of heteronormativity and other forms of oppression. This thesis outlines the challenging process for identifying and locating Canadian authored diverse LGBTQ2S children's picture books, with suggestions provided for mitigating this process. Twenty-two books (list and summaries… more Full Text: Finding Cowboy Joe: The Search for Canadian Authored Diverse LGBTQ2S Picture Books to Help Counter Heteronormativity in the Elementary Classroom A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The following thesis problematizes different theories of subject formation in relation to morality, accountability, and consciousness raising. Focusing on the conditions subjects emerge in, I argue that socially transformative subjectivities emerge in movement through spaces. The theoretical discussion departs from the premise that morally accountable subjectivities drive social change.… more Full Text: RETHINKING SUBJECTIVITY: FROM CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CERTAINTY TO MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND EPISTEMIC FAILURE IN THEORIES OF SUBJECT FORMATION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
