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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2019
The use of interventionist art to effect the neoliberal status quo was studied through a research creation at The University of Alberta in the form of a guerilla style art show. The main goal was to apply Chantal Mouffe’s theory of Agonistic Space, Donella Meadows’ Leverage Points, and Lawrence...
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Fall 2019
This thesis examines the work of three artists—Beatriz da Costa, Tomás Saraceno, and Andrea Zittel—whose practices engage strategically with design in ways that echo pedagogical developments at the German Bauhaus and later at Black Mountain College. These two, short-lived, schools were known for...
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The Tale of the Buraq's Tail: Reading the Buraq's Journey Through Indo-Persian Literature in a Comparative Study of Buraq Imagery
DownloadFall 2021
In my thesis, I analyse two composite animal Buraq paintings from the Medieval Deccan. These two paintings, apparent copies of each other, are significantly different from other images of the Buraq in the Muslim world. Instead of placing the Buraq in a narrative scene, the Buraq takes up the...
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Fall 2018
Background to this dissertation: In 2012 I began a creative collaboration in the Tłı̨chǫ region of the Northwest Territories. Over a period of 18 months I worked with community elders and youth in the creation of an animated film (based on a historic oral story). This PhD is a continuation of...