Browsing by Supervisor "Ryan, Tom"
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The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renée
(The University of Waikato, 1998)This thesis addresses the question: “How might a text, written in a signifying relationship to the postcolonial nation Aotearoa New Zealand, be read as a lesbian text?” Part One addresses the possibility of the reading ... -
Rebel discourses: Colonial violence, Pai Marire resistance and land allocation at Tauranga
(The University of Waikato, 2005)This thesis is a study of resistance and power in a colonial situation, based on the ethnography of a confiscated-land claim of three hapu who had been Kingitanga supporters and Pai Marire adherents in the 19th century. ... -
Art, the aesthetics, and ethics of tattooing at Flax Roots Tattoo Studio
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Flax Roots Tattoo Studio, a tattoo business in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand, offers clients different styles of tattooing to choose from, i.e. Moko, Traditional European, Portrait, and Traditional American. Tattoo artists ... -
Shared Lunch: An Ethnography of Food Sovereignty in Whaingaroa and Beyond
(University of Waikato, 2017)Food presents complex interconnectedness between inner and outer; social and political; culture and biochemistry; values and practices; tradition and innovation; wealth and poverty; the global, local and highly personal. ... -
Neighbours at Puhoi River: A cross-cultural dual biography of Te Hemara Tauhia(1815-1891) and Martin Krippner(1817-1894)
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis seeks to re-construct the biographies of two relatively obscure, yet fascinating and controversial players in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. Both historical figures were initiators and leaders of neighbouring ... -
The Treaty of Waitangi and Asian Immigrants in Aotearoa: A Reflective Journey
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand being represented at the signing by chiefs from various tribes. The Treaty promised to ensure legitimate ... -
Cloaked in Life and Death: Tangi and Taonga in a Contemporary Māori Whanau
(University of Waikato, 2014)This thesis is an examination of tangihanga (indigenous funerary practices) unique to the lived experience of the Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, drawing on fieldwork undertaken amongst Māori, by a Māori. The introduction ... -
Cheese Machines and Cellos: Technical Craftsmen and Craft Technicians
(University of Waikato, 2013)The study is based on a period of ethnographic research among approximately thirty tradesmen, apprentices, supervisors and related personnel at a medium-sized precision engineering company in Hamilton, New Zealand. The ... -
The Sorcerers' Apprentice: A life of Reo Franklin Fortune, Anthropologist
(University of Waikato, 2011)Between the two World Wars, the two main schools in world anthropology were the American and the British. The former was dominated by Franz Boas and his graduate students, while in Britain and its Empire the dominant figures ...
