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Carving in and “Carving Out” Space: Gender in the Halifax Skateboarding Subculture
(2022-04)
Skateboarding was made without rules, confinement, or regulation; it is a subculture (Beal, 1996) with an ideology that counters normative authority and, more specifically, standards of masculinity. Yet skateboarding ...
Eco-Anxiety: Exploring Existential Threats and Ontological Security among University Students
(2022-04)
The physical and mental health consequences of climate change are, and will be, an
extremely important issue in the anthropology of climate change. Already, we are seeing
countless examples of the effects of climate ...
Straight Until Proven Queer: Exploring Young Queer Attitudes Towards Coming Out
(2022-04)
Much has been said about the coming out process in sociological literature — including varying characterizations of the process and varying claims about the significance of the process. This study aims to uncover how young ...
Forming Characters: How Reading Shapes Us
(2022-04)
This research project seeks to address a gap in reading research – the experience of the solitary reader. Through a literature review and 10 qualitative interviews with students at Dalhousie University and University of ...
Putting the 'Cult' in 'Subculture': Investigating Group Identity Development Among Incels
(2022-04)
In this study, I analyze the group identity development of incels. Incels are a group of men who gather in online spaces to vent frustrations about feminism and an inability to attract a romantic partner. The theoretical ...