Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Sacco, Michael David, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Thesis advisor (ths): Esteva, Gustavo, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Penados, Filiberto, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This intercultural rediscovery of Indigenous cacao culture draws upon Environmental Studies, Intercultural Studies, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology and Agroecology. The methodological antecedent for this kind of symbolic food study of cacao is the work done by Gustavo Esteva and others on the civilizational importance of maize. Similarly, the rediscovery of the Indigenous Knowledge of… more Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Spice, Kevin Gerard, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Degree committee member (dgc): Fontaine, Jerry, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree committee member (dgc): Shukla, Shailesh, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In the 1980's, Hollow Water First Nation citizens created a healing movement to address community issues from an Indigenous perspective resulting in the development of the Community Holistic Circle Healing (CHCH) in 1989. The CHCH organization developed a Community (Restorative) Justice process as an alternative to a Western-based Justice approach to address issues such as domestic… more Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Campos Navarrete, Marisol, Thesis advisor (ths): Zohar, Asaf, Thesis advisor (ths): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Magallanes Blanco, Claudia, Degree committee member (dgc): Furgal, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Ibarra Mateos, Marcela, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis shows and emphasizes the importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in informing collaborative efforts that promote sustainable economic development in Indigenous communities. It tells the story of a participative research study undertaken with six Tseltal communities located in the Region Selva of Chiapas, Mexico, in the context of the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 and early 2021.… more Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Robbins, Julian A., Thesis advisor (ths): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Thrasher, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Andersson, Neil, Degree committee member (dgc): Brascoupe, Simon, Degree committee member (dgc): White, Jerry, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Abstract</p><p>Maintaining Balance in Times of Change: An Investigation into the Contemporary Self-Regulatory Dynamics that Operate in and around First Nations Traditional Healing Systems</p><p>The evolution of health regulation processes in Canada has focused on the development of standards of practice premised upon the principle of `do no harm' and the… more
