Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies (School of): Recent submissions

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    • When the place speaks : an analysis of the use of venues and locations in the international film festival circuit 

      Li, Peize (2023-11-30) - Thesis
      This thesis examines how film festival venues participate in shaping broader film cultures. It proposes an approach to studying film festivals that is founded on looking at their physical spaces instead of merely focusing ...

    • A human right to cultural heritage 

      Davidaviciute, Rasa (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      In recent years, global institutions like the UN and UNESCO have increasingly treated obligations to preserve cultural heritage as obligations to uphold human rights. Owing to the relative novelty of this approach, little ...

    • Self-identification, group-membership, and the race-gender analogy 

      Kopec, Kim Laura (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      Self-identification is often quickly dismissed as a possible criterion for group-membership. I explore what self-identification might be and how it might figure into group-membership. I set out desiderata for an account ...

    • Perspectival attitudes and assertions 

      Lin, Lixiao (2023-11-29) - Thesis
      This thesis examines two types of perspectival attitudes and assertions: those about oneself, such as "I am in Martyrs Kirk Library" or "my house is on fire", and those about matters of personal tastes, such as "Super Mario ...

    • Philosophy and the aim for truth 

      Kaspers, Tom (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This thesis seeks to answer the question: Does philosophy aim for truth? To address this question, I must first ask a more general question: What is it to aim for truth? My approach to answering this latter question uses ...