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- 2Agrios, Jean Marie.
- 2Aujla, Wendy
- 2Avakame, Edem Frank.
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- 2Simmons, Anthony M. (Anthony Michael), 1945-
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An Ecological Habitus on the oilfield? Environmental concerns of oilsands workers and their lifestyle social practices.
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In this case study research I interviewed direct employees of oilsands mines in Northern Alberta about their environmental concerns, how their concerns translate into their day-to-day lives, how they think about climate change, green energy technologies, and a world beyond oil use. I use the...
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Fall 2011
Between fall 2009 and fall 2010 I conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 19 young-adult women and men of mixed race in Edmonton, Alberta. A prominent theme that emerged was being asked the question ‘what are you?’. I position the ‘moment’ of being questioned as a manifestation of...
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Fall 2009
Researchers have noted that the level of contact respondents have with people who have a mental illness and how they attribute responsibility for these conditions contribute to their desire for social distance. Given that the literature suggests that increased contact is associated with reduced...
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Agricultural Power: Politicized Ontologies of Food, Life, and Law in Settler Colonial Spaces
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In this dissertation, I develop a theoretical account of agricultural power in the settler colonial contexts of Canada and the United States. By analyzing archival, historical, and legal documents, I argue that the imposition of animal agriculture not only functioned as a method of settler...
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Fall 2009
The title of this thesis gives away little beyond an engagement with the visual and the implication of some sort of trouble: Agitating images. In many ways it is a project defined by trouble: trouble that is analyzed and historicized but also trouble that is expected and invited. The agitation...