Browsing Sociology and Social Anthropology by Title
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The Gag City Grammar Police: Language and Algorithmic Community on Stan Twitter
(2024-05)Barbz are a group of fans who have formed an online community devoted to Nicki Minaj. Known broadly as a ‘stan’ group, they form speech communities on Twitter/X and present as a closed group despite remaining public. Taking ... -
Getting Acquainted: The Hidden Value of (In)Significant Others
(2019-04)In the context of modern personal life, acquaintances are becoming a growing feature of people’s personal communities. However, their significance is often framed in terms of their instrumentality. What we understand less ... -
Getting Past the Gatekeepers: The Reception of Restorative Justice in the Nova Scotian Criminal Justice System
(Dalhousie University Faculty of Law, 2013) -
Got Balls? Examining the Association between Sports Fandom and Hegemonic Masculinity
(2015-05-29)This research explores the role of the Big 4 sports leagues (NBA: National Basketball Association, MLB: Major League Baseball, NHL: National Hockey League and NFL: National Football League) in the reproduction of hegemonic ... -
Grounded or ‘Shaky’: How Mobilizations of Expert Knowledge Affect Legal Outcomes in Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
(2014-04)This project examines how expert witnesses affect legal outcomes in shaken baby syndrome (SBS) cases. The connection between shaking and intra-cranial injury in infants is heavily debated within the medical community. This ... -
GUNS, SHOOTINGS AND THE DRUG CULTURE
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2013) -
Halifax Police Department and Community Based Policing
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1993-08) -
HALIFAX POLICE VICTIM SERVICES' MOBILE RESPONSE: AN EVALUATION
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2001-09) -
The Halifax Regional Police Department's Uptown Drug Intervention Project: An Assessment
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2014-01) -
The Harana Singers of Nova Scotia: Transnationalism, cultural identity, and collective music-making in a Filipino choir
(2023-05)The Harana Singers of Nova Scotia is a choir of mostly Filipinos, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Many studies have been conducted on Filipino migration and occupation (Gardiner Barber, 2008; Reyes, 2005), but little research ... -
How and Why Heritage Performers Represent the Past in the Present
(2021-04)This study explores the motivations of heritage performers to take on their roles and how they understand their representation of history. While there is a wide array of literature on visitor experience at heritage sites, ... -
“How do we Better Prepare for the Future?”: Political Ambivalence and Income Guarantees in Canadian Media
(2019-05)Economies in the globalized world are undergoing rapid changes due to automation. These changes have exacerbated wealth inequality in many nations, prompting calls for more effective poverty reduction strategies. In Canada, ... -
"How do you even Define Success?": Parents' Experiences of Raising Children Today
(2017-04)The change in our perceptions of parenting only occurred over the last half of the 20th century. Intensive parenting and resilient parenting practices, which coincide with neoliberal social policy and the rise of the risk ... -
“I Don’t Suffer from ADHD, I Suffer from Other People”: ADHD, Stigma, and Academic Life
(2021-04)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been proven to be stigmatized. There are substantial gaps in the literature pertaining to adulthood ADHD and stigma from the point ... -
“I Feel Bad for People Who Don’t Have a Chronic Illness:” Refusing Deviance and Reframing Illness Through Summer Camp
(2024-05)Scholarship in medical anthropology has a history of characterizing chronic illness as a “deviant” condition. Emerging research problematizes this paradigm, however, and demands its reconsideration. The growing recognition ... -
Immigrants and the Nova Scotia Justice System: Identifying Issues and Assessing the Feasibility of Further Research
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2010-12)This modest pilot project has focused on exploring the possibility of a major project examining how immigrants in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) view the significant problem of violence, crime and public safety in HRM ... -
iMOVe: Seeking the Way and NSYF Youth: Final Assessment 2013
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2013)The evaluation of the iMOVe project carried out in collaboration with the NSYF over three cycles beginning in 2011 has indicated that, overall, the project’s implementation and processes have been faithful to its underlying ... -
“The Implications of Current Policing and Policy Trends for Aboriginal Policing and Policy”
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2007) -
The Justice System and Social Inclusion in Canada
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2009-05)