In 2014, Russia-backed rebels in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) declared independence from Ukraine. In addition to establishing control over large swaths of territory in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, separatists took ov…
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In this thesis, I explore the ongoing development of symbol use in three domains: pretend play, speech and gestures. In chapter 1, the specific behavioural manifestations of symbol use in these domains are identified and previous literature that has explored the cognitive underp…
This research study asks the question: what is the lived experience of fame for the person who is famous in today’s culture? Despite cultural preoccupation with celebrity, very little academic attention has been given to the experience of fame itself. Interviews with six individ…
This dissertation focuses on the psycho-cultural perceptions and social interactions among a sample of 58 Chinese immigrant women in the Maricopa County, the Phoenix metro area of Arizona, and the manner in which they are able to negotiate multiple identity markers that in part …
Wayfinding is very important for travelers. One example is, communicative symbol systems used at international airports. Art museums also need to employ visual guidance to help people effectively navigate the space. This prototype project involved designing a universal wayfindin…
This dissertation examines the relationship between horse riding and social dynamics in nomadic Mongolian societies through the analysis of muscle attachment sites on the skeleton called entheses. Nomadic societies have traditionally been portrayed as static, homogenous, and par…
New Testament discussion over the meaning of the kingdom of God has been dominated by the scholarship of Norman Perrin. Perrin, adopting insights about symbols and myths from the works of Philip Wheelwright and Paul Ricoeur, categorized the kingdom of God as a symbol that evoked…
Since the 1970s, new forms of spirit mediumship emerged in urban Thailand. Spirits and their mediums answered the modern needs of clients as the country underwent a major transition from an agriculture-based society to a globalized industrial economy. Meanwhile, there has been a…
The centrality of II Corinthians 3:7–18 in the Christian imagination first emerged in 2nd century exegetical debates concerning the inspirational status of Hebrew Scriptures. Arguments marshaled by Irenaeus and Tertullian affirmed that the whole Old Testament was to be considere…