This thesis is a case study in a Social Gospel approach to nature, human health and environmental politics. Human health and non-human nature were mutually constitutive in Washington Gladden’s vision of health. In sermons from 1869 to 1910, Gladden argued that human health was c…
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This history of Mount Desert Island, Maine and Acadia National Park examines the issues and conflicts that arose as Mount Desert Island and the town of Bar Harbor grew from a quiet coastal village into a resort community. By tracing the developmental history of the island, this …
Detection of environmental DNA (eDNA) has become a commonly used surveillance method for threatened or invasive vertebrates in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. However, use of eDNA methodologies for the detection of aquatic invertebrates (e.g., crayfish and insects) ha…
Effective measures for the conservation of biodiversity require an understanding of the extent and distribution of diversity within and among species. Studies focussed on providing such understanding can benefit from increasingly powerful and accessible genome-wide data. Overexp…
Partnerships for management of public parks have a long history, but little attention has been given to the current models of partnerships during a period of municipal austerity in Ontario. Using a qualitative assessment of transcripts from representatives of 10 municipal partne…
The appearance and spread of emerging infectious diseases pose a significant threat to wildlife populations worldwide having resulted in declines far surpassing those in recorded history. White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), is currently one of…
Found plastic materials, such as plastic jerrycans, make up a growing portion of contemporary African arts. West African artists, including Beninese Romuald Hazoumè and Ghanaian Serge Attukwei Clottey, are leading the way in incorporating these materials into their works, which …
A recent re-tabulation of government wildlife kill data reveals that British Columbia (BC) Conservation Officers, in the last 8 years (2011-2019), have killed 4,341 black bears, 162 grizzly bears, and 780 cougars (Casavant, 2020). These killing statistics raise broad questions a…
Coconut shell is a material that has been used in cultural heritage across the continents and has been linked with human migration and colonization for thousands of years. Though ubiquitous, as a material coconut shell lacks the extensive conservation research done on similar ce…
This qualifying paper addresses the historical context, treatment decisions, and conservation of a large Pre-Columbian Peruvian Nazca woven textile (200-400 CE). The textile is in poor/fair condition with brittle shedding fibers, visible pest damage, and some incompatible append…
This qualifying paper examines the possibilities for the conservation and treatment of a cow character marionette that is estimated to be one hundred years old.
The Gulf of Mexico (or “Gulf”) is of critical significance to the oil and gas industries’ offshore production, but the potential for accidental petrochemical influx into the Gulf due to such processes is high; two of the largest marine oil spills in history, Pemex's Ixtoc I spil…
This study describes the development of South Sinai, Egypt, including the role played in it by conservation. South Sinai has great ecological, cultural and strategic significance. Its central highlands, sacred to three faiths, form the St Katherine Protectorate, and its indigeno…
This thesis concerns soil erosion and conservation in Zimbabwe. It is framed in the light of the contemporary heightened concern for the environment generally in Africa and the recent publication of the National Conservation Strategy for Zimbabwe (1987). Soil erosion is an arche…
This piece of work analyses the existing condition of the Brazilian. architectural heritage, focusing especially on the historic cities. In order to make it possible, the study first of all analyses the Brazilian historical background with the purpose of establishing a relations…
Performing the curatorial: within and beyond art
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Performing the curatorial: within and beyond art
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Type: Book
The curatorial includes the post production artistic practices that bring together within a particular time and space related framework disparate images, objects, as well as other material and immaterial phenomena. In its performative aspects that seek to challenge the status qu…
Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cu…