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- 2Agrios, Jean Marie.
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- 2Avakame, Edem Frank.
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Spring 2010
This dissertation investigates how collectibles are made meaningful within collecting communities in order to better understand the intricate processes by which lead soldiers, toy trains, dolls, Dinkie cars, Star Wars figurines, and teddy bears come to be so enchanting for their collectors. An...
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Bringing the Body Back: Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Resistance, and Independence
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In this thesis, I engage with the following research problem: how the body can practically, theoretically, and comprehensively be brought back into conversations of disability, while simultaneously acknowledging the agency (vis-à-vis independence) of individuals with disabilities as well as...
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Black *and Foreign* in the Ivory: Exploring the sociopolitical integration of Black international students in Alberta, Canada
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Over the last three decades, the number of students pursuing higher education outside of their country of citizenship (international students) has increased five-fold (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2022). In that same period Canada has become a popular attraction of...