Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Diaspora"
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Buddhist Society of Wonderful Enlightenment Terrace: Observations on Functionalism
(2013-04-05)Louis Sullivan’s “form ever follows function” had a profound influence on architecture. Although often confused as synonymous with modernism, functionalism is more closely related to positivism in its bias toward science ... -
Coptic Diaspora: Supporting Immigrants and Fostering Traditions
(2021-07-09)How immigrants integrate into their host countries has been debated and studied since the early twentieth century. While Canada celebrates the fostering of the immigrant’s identity, the integration process often leads to ... -
℞ITUAL OBJECTS: SPIRITS, HEALTH & DECOLONIZING THE STUDY OF AFRICAN POWER FIGURES
(2020-08-27)Composite ritual power objects are used throughout West and Central Africa and across the Black Atlantic. These sacred objects are composed of a material figure, medicines, and spirit power, and can be constructed to ... -
Narrative City: Latin American Home-City Landscapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2023-08-22)Storytelling lies at the center of cultural production and exchange. In smaller immigrant communities without dedicated cultural infrastructure and established networks of gathering spaces, oral storytelling functions ... -
Transculturation in Black Jazz Scenes from Ontario and Nova Scotia During the Interwar Period: and Its After-Effects
(2020-09-14)Jazz music and culture are almost entirely forgotten on Canadian radio and television today as a popular music form, yet they are still vibrant ingredients in urban Black culture in the East and persist on the fringes of ... -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: Rebuilding a Community’s Identity
(2019-08-28)In the competition for space within developing cities, key cultural and social components within working class ethnic neighbourhoods are often found being transformed by outside market forces. In the newest iteration of ...