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The Faculty of Arts is home to one of the most multidisciplinary academic communities on campus. From neuroscience, through ancient languages to choreography and music and drama composition, our researchers and students lead critical and creative research inquiry that engages communities and fosters innovation, leadership and creative practice. Composed of 12 departments and two schools, our faculty fosters a culture of critical and creative inquiry, debate, imagination, discovery and entrepreneurial thinking. Our vision for energizing arts is to engage, inspire, discover. Continue reading to find out more about research in the Faculty of Arts.
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Calgary Wetlands Clean-up and Preservation Proposal
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-08)The University of Calgary, Indigenous Studies “Ecological Knowledge” (INDG 317) taught by Professor Line Laplante aims to educate students about ways that the environment communicates using traditional Indigenous ways of ... -
Trichromatic perception of flower colour improves resource detection among New World monkeys
(Nature Scientific Reports, Arts, Anthropology & Archaelogy, University of Calgary, https://www.springernature.com/gp/policies/publishing-policies, Publisher's version, 2018-07-18)Many plants use colour to attract pollinators, which often possess colour vision systems well-suited for detecting flowers. Yet, to isolate the role of colour is difficult, as flowers also produce other cues. The study of ... -
In Crisis or Decline? Selecting Women to Lead Provincial Parties in Government
(Cambridge University Press, Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/open-access-journals/green-open-access-policy-for-journals, Post-print, 2018-06)The majority of Canada's women premiers were selected to that office while their parties held government. This is uncommon, both in the comparative literature and among premiers who are men. What explains this gendered ... -
A new privacy paradox? Youth agentic practices of privacy management despite 'nothing to hide' online
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., Arts, Sociology, University of Calgary, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Pre-print, 2018-07-02)Focus groups conducted with Canadian teenagers examining their perceptions and experiences with cyber-risk, center on various privacy strategies geared for impression management across popular social network sites. We ... -
Scavenging activity can produce predictable patterns in surface skeletal remains scattering: Observations and comments from two experiments
(Elsevier, Arts, Anthropology & Archaelogy, FMA Heritage, University of Alberta, https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/sharing, Pre-print, 2009-07)In forensic contexts, surface deposited remains are frequently found that have been scattered by various taphonomic processes. In an effort to develop strategies to improve recovery rates, this study evaluates whether ... -
UAV Remote Sensing Can Reveal the Effects of Low-Impact Seismic Lines on Surface Morphology, Hydrology, and Methane (CH4) Release in a Boreal Treed Bog
(Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Arts, Geography, University of Calgary, University of Calgary, University of Waterloo, University of Calgary, University of Waterloo, NAIT, https://publications.agu.org/open-access/, Publisher's version, 2018-02-23)Peatlands are globally significant stores of soil carbon, where local methane (CH4) emissions are strongly linked to water table position and microtopography. Historically, these factors have been difficult to measure in ... -
Obligation, Responsibility, and History
(Springer, Arts, Philosophy, http://www.springer.com/us/open-access/authors-rights/self-archiving-policy/2124, Post-print, 2018-01-03)I argue that, each of the following, appropriately clarified to yield a noteworthy thesis, is true. (1) Moral obligation can affect moral responsibility. (2) Obligation succumbs to changes in responsibility. (3) Obligation ... -
Risk society and Marxism: Beyond simple antagonism
(Sage, Arts, Sociology, University of Calgary, https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal-author-archiving-policies-and-re-use, Pre-print, 2015-09-10)Moving beyond Beck’s explicit opposition to Marx’s understanding of society, this article proposes to explore some of the deeper commonalities between Marxism and Beck’s theory of risk society. Rather than remaining at the ... -
Risk, Innovation, and Democracy in the Digital Economy
(Sage, Arts, Sociology, University of Calgary, https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal-author-archiving-policies-and-re-use, Pre-print, 2017-06-01)The study of digital economies and the sociology of risk have, with few exceptions, a relationship of benign mutual neglect despite possible important connections between the two. This article aims to bridge the gap between ... -
“I Can Only Work So Hard Before I Burn Out.” A Time Sensitive Conceptual Integration of Ideological Psychological Contract Breach, Work Effort, and Burnout
(Frontiers, Arts, Psychology, University of Calgary, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Pre-print, 2018-02-09)Employees often draw meaning from personal experiences and contributions in their work, particularly when engaging in organizational activities that align with their personal identity or values. However, recent empirical ...
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