Arts and Social Sciences: Recently added
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The problem with 'the problem with gangs': Reflections on practice and offender desistance
(Department of Corrections/Ara Poutama Aotearoa, 2015)Gang membership is considered to be a criminogenic factor that negatively impacts an individual’s ability to successfully desist from offending and presents special management challenges across Corrections’ service delivery. ... -
The last defence against gang crime: Exploring community approaches to gang member reintegration
(Ara Poutama Aotearoa The Department of Corrections., 2018)There is a need to recognise that gangs are a form of community with accompanying norms, values, processes and practices internal to those communities. Any behaviour change efforts with members of these groups would benefit ... -
INTRODUCTION: RELIGIOUS RUPTURE AND REVIVAL IN THE PACIFIC
(POLYNESIAN SOC INC, 2019-12-01)This special issue arose from a panel, “Political and Religious Conversions in the Pacific”, convened by Fraser Macdonald and Michael Goldsmith at the 2017 Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) annual conference held ... -
MELANESIA BURNING: RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
(POLYNESIAN SOC INC, 2019-12-01)In the history of Pacific Christianity, the explosion of revival activity within Melanesia during the 1970s remains an untold story. Within this regional spiritual upheaval, ecstatic Pentecostalist phenomena spread with ... -
Melody slithering through the misery [Review of Good-bye Maoriland: The songs and sounds of New Zealand's Great War by Chris Bourke]
(New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, 2018)For both civilians and the soldiers alike on active service during WWI, music proved a significant and enduring element of New Zealand’s war effort and war experience. This was recognised at the time: a contributor to the ... -
Dancing national Identity: The evolution of meta-narratives in Colombian and Filipino Folk Dance
(2023-04-04)The Philippines and Colombia share a history of colonial conquest from the same country, Spain. This shared history has influenced the ways in which folk dance has developed. Both countries have a wide folk repertoire, ... -
Quantum empathy: an alternative narrative for global transcendence
(Routledge, 2020)This paper proposes an alternative narrative for global transcendence that has spirituality at the core of shaping society. It draws on contemplative practices such as mindfulness, reflexivity and empathy that may contribute ... -
Mindfulness-Based Attention Training in the Navy: A Feasibility Study.
(2023-02-01)Mind wandering is common during daily activities and is even more prevalent under stressful conditions, which could lead to lapses in attention and poor performance. Newly recruited military personnel who undergo demanding ... -
Evaluating depression anxiety and stress assessment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using generalisability theory.
(2023-04-11)The current study investigated the assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress during normal and COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Generalisability theory (G-theory) was applied to examine stable and dynamic aspects of ... -
PrEP awareness and protective barrier negotiation among transgender people attracted to men in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(2022-10)INTRODUCTION: Internationally, trans women are disproportionately impacted by HIV, encounter specific barriers navigating safer sex and face inequities accessing HIV prevention, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). ... -
Voices in the margins of recovery: relocated Cantabrians in Waikato
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)No two disasters are the same. Accordingly, sociocultural geographers are aptly positioned to include the place-based and temporal aspects of disasters in their analyses. By examining the experiences of 19 Cantabrian ... -
Scholarly discourse on the visuality of ethics in Gaming: An opening conversation
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2023)This article offers perspectives into some of the key intersections between ethics in representation and game design by showcasing an extended ten-minute version of the presenters’ original video about the provocation of ... -
Local volunteers respond to the Rena oil spill in Maketū, New Zealand
(Routledge, 2016)Following the MV Rena grounding and oil spill in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in October 2011, the Māori community of Maketū were quick to respond to the arrival of oil on their beaches. They asserted their rangatiratanga ... -
Systemic racism in clinical psychology: Symposia
(2023-03-25)This study constitutes a part of the Working to End Racial Oppression (WERO) project on Systemic Racism in Health Education, Training, and Practice. The focus is on the three dimensions of racism in psychology in Aotearoa ... -
Black Americans and Te Aroha mining
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Although no black Americans lived in the Te Aroha district, several, including some miners, lived in Hauraki and elsewhere in New Zealand. In general, blacks were stereotyped as figures of fun (as were the Irish often), ... -
Anti-irrationalism in Izydora Dąmbska (1904-1983)
(Paderborn University, 2023)A summary of Polish philosopher Izydora Dąmbska's views on logistic anti-irrationalism. -
Uptake, experiences and barriers to cervical screening for trans and non‐binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Wiley, 2023)Background: Little is known about experiences and barriers for trans and non- binary (TGNB) people eligible for cervical screening in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aims: To identify uptake, barriers and reasons for delaying ... -
Prosentential theory of truth in Dorothy Grover (1936 - 2017)
(Paderborn University, 2023)Encyclopedia article on the prosentential theory of truth in Dorothy Grover (1936 - 2017) -
Experiencing “the Wrong Kind of Puberty”: Navigating Teenage Years with a Variation in Sex Characteristics
(MDPI AG, 2023)There are many different variations in sex characteristics, some of which have implications for how the body goes through puberty. This paper draws from critical disability studies and childhood and youth studies to ... -
The early climate-adapted city above the Heretaunga Plains, east coast New Zealand
(Frances St Press, 2022-12-10)So Fi Zine #12 features 22 new creative works of sociological fiction, poetry and visual art.
