Browsing by Supervisor "Hodgetts, Darrin"
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Contextualizing street homelessness in New Zealand: A case study approach
(University of Waikato, 2010)Homelessness is commonly associated with large urban settings. For people who sleep on the streets it encompasses experiences of stigma, regulation and displacement, marginalization, violence, loneliness, and bodily decline. ... -
Conversing with ‘monsters’? Narratives about men who sexually abuse(d) children
(University of Waikato, 2010)This research has examined multiperspectival narratives told about and by men who sexually abuse(d) children. Drawing on institutional, public and private narratives, I have explored how men who sexually abuse(d) children ... -
The Emotional Lives of Men: The Complexities of Expressing Emotions
(University of Waikato, 2010)This research responds to the widely held view expressed in academic and popular literature that men have difficulties expressing themselves emotionally. Both popular and academic literatures on men’s emotional lives often ... -
The everyday Bogans: Identity and community amongst Heavy Metal fans
(University of Waikato, 2012)Since the mid-twentieth century some social psychologists have demarcated communities as static entities; conceptual and physical boundaries were placed around communities to facilitate scholarly analysis. This theoretical ... -
Exploring medications amongst Tongan households in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2010)The current thesis explores: how four related Tongan households understand, treat and use medications; and the ‘flow’ of medications into, around and out of these households. The participants for this research come from ... -
Homeless Māori Men: Re-connection, Re-joining, and Re-membering Ways of Being
(University of Waikato, 2014)There are a range of interventions and programmes to address the on-going issue of Māori homelessness. This thesis explores a gardening project hosted by a Ngāti Whātua marae (communal complex used for everyday Māori life) ... -
How Do You Sleep At Night? Investigating media representations and victim legitimacy of homeless individuals in the New Zealand news media
(The University of Waikato, 2009)Homelessness is a complex social issue affecting in excess of one billion people around the world. Despite varying definitions and cultural variations, key issues associated with homelessness appear to be similar across ... -
Looking Past the Mess: Māori Homelessness and Mental Health Care
(The University of Waikato, 2009)Homelessness is a pressing social and health concern that affects Māori disproportionately. This research explores the provision of mental health services to Māori who are homeless. The thesis has two primary aims. First, ... -
Māori cultural concepts and service provision for homeless Māori men
(University of Waikato, 2010)Homelessness is a pressing issue for indigenous minorities such as homeless Māori men. Their circumstances are more vulnerable in ways, than other homeless groups given that their lives are impacted upon by ongoing ... -
Māori men's positive and interconnected sense of self, being and place
(University of Waikato, 2015)Māori men are on the wrong side of the ledger when it comes to illness and crime rates. Correspondingly, there is a significant amount of research into issues such as abuse and premature death involving Māori men, who are ... -
Medications and meanings in Maori households with chronic illnesses
(University of Waikato, 2010)Domestic spaces have always featured as sites for health care. The home is increasingly referred to as a new therapeutic space within which chronic illnesses are managed within everyday life. This research explores the ... -
Oceans away: Sri Lankan migrants in New Zealand - Explorations of hybrid identities, distance & everyday material practices
(University of Waikato, 2017)The past 50 years have seen a remarkable increase in migration, with more people moving than ever before. In New Zealand, foreign born peoples comprised over a quarter of the population in 2013, most of whom were from Asian ... -
Positive Ageing in Place: Older Māori in Traditional and Non-traditional Place
(University of Waikato, 2012)This thesis examines the role of place in experiences of ageing for older Māori, and the extent to which places of choice facilitate a sense of positive ageing. Particular attention is given to multiple experiences of home ... -
Re-membering those lost: The role of materiality in narrative repair following a natural disaster
(University of Waikato, 2013)The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami resulted in a tragic loss of life and immense suffering. This thesis explores the ways in which five people from Sri Lanka worked to address the disruption to their life narratives caused by ... -
Shifting Selves: Home beyond the House - A Study of Ageing, Housing and Wellbeing of Older Chinese Migrants to New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2011)Older Chinese immigrants are one of the largest ethnic ageing groups in New Zealand. However, people‘s everyday experiences of settling in a new and unfamiliar environment have been largely overlooked, particularly for ... -
"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are (and where you are from)." Food, culture and re-membering in New Zealand: A case study approach.
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis focusses on processes of re-membering and the transmission of culturally patterned food-related practices across generations. Of particular interest is how the preparation, serving and eating of food acts to ... -
To medicate or not to medicate? Exchange, identity and care in everyday household medication practices
(University of Waikato, 2011)In contemporary societies, medications are one of the most commonly used resources for the prevention, treatment, or cure of illness and disease (Shoemaker & de Oliveira, 2008). Despite this, there is a lack of understanding ... -
Ua tafea le tau'ofe: Samoan cultural rituals through death and bereavement experiences
(University of Waikato, 2015)Given that dialogue relating to death and grief for many Samoans remains in the realm of tapu (sacred) or sā (protected), few attempts have been made by researchers of Samoan heritage to understand whether the cultural ...
