Arts and Social Sciences Papers
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Rethinking motivating operations: A reply to commentaries on Edwards, Lotfizadeh, and Poling (2019)
(Wiley, 2019)As we acknowledged in our initial article (Edwards, Lotfizadeh, & Poling, 2019), the MO concept as popularized by Michael and his supporters, which we hereafter call the “current” concept, has served behavior analysts ... -
The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse
(The Journal of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2015)Diaspora' studies have broadened their definition to now include hybridised identities situated in both the past and future. The formation of the Indo-Fijian ethnicity is an example of the evolution of a hybrid diasporic ... -
An outsider's guide to public oral history in New Zealand
(2017)At the beginning of this century, public history in New Zealand was considered a ‘new term’ in historical practice, described as crucial in both ‘the emergence of professional history writing’ and the assertion of ‘cultural ... -
Voices of the land: Richard Nunns in conversation with Martin Lodge
(Composers Association of New Zealand, 2008)Richard Nunns in conversation with Martin Lodge -
A 'class of no political weight'? Interracial marriage, mixed race children and land rights in southern New Zealand, 1840s-1880s
(Routledge, 2019)Interracial marriage was a defining feature of interaction between local Ngāi Tahu and newcomers in southern New Zealand from the early nineteenth century. Scholarship has explored the importance of such relationships to ... -
Guidance and ethical considerations for undertaking transgender health research and institutional review boards adjudicating this research.
(2017)The purpose of this review is to create a set of provisional criteria for Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to refer to when assessing the ethical orientation of transgender health research proposals. We began by searching ... -
Ahamb (Malekula, Vanuatu) - Language Contexts
(EL Publishing, 2019)The Ahamb language is spoken by around 950 people, most of whom reside on the small Ahamb Island off the south coast of Malekula, the second largest island in the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Ahamb is one of ... -
Language Contexts: Malua (Malekula Island, Vanuatu)
(ELPublishing, 2018)The Malua language is one of more than 30 endangered Oceanic languages spoken on Malekula Island in Vanuatu. Malua is locally understood to have two varieties, one spoken in Malua Bay and the other in Espiegles Bay. Little ... -
Motivating operations and stimulus control
(Wiley, 2019)The motivating operations concept has generated substantial conceptual analysis and research interest. Following an analysis of how motivating operations affect behavior, one which emphasizes the interactive role of ... -
International social work placements: Can overseas students stimulate professional learning for NGO staff?
(2019)This article focuses on the outcomes of collaborative work undertaken between a team of social workers supporting a New Zealand social work student from the University of Waikato completing her final placement. The student ... -
Nutritionism and the construction of 'poor choices' in families facing food insecurity
(Sage, 2018)The dominant research approach to both food insecurity and charitable meal provision is nutritionistic, deficit-orientated and ignores wider socio-economic issues. This reinforces existing power dynamics and overlooks the ... -
Homeless people's leisure practices within and beyond urban socio-scapes
(Sage, 2016)With increased inequity and polarisation in society, access to leisure has become even more crucial for ensuring the humanity and health of people living in urban poverty. Homeless people constitute the hard edge of urban ... -
Food insecurity in urban New Zealand. The case of the Kopa family
(2018)Poverty brings insecurity and chaos into the home, forcing families to develop strategies for navigating the difficulties of food insecurity. We document how one household, the Kopa family, responds to poverty in ad hoc ... -
Jespersen cycles on Malekula
(De Gruyter Mouton, 2015)In the indigenous languages of Malekula Island, members of Oceanic, diverse standard negation strategies have been identified, including double negation, simple preverbal negators, and simple postverbal negators. Individual ... -
Undergraduate linguistics and human research ethics
(2016)For students of linguistics at the University of Waikato, in Aotearoa/New Zealand, human research ethics has been something of a mystery. Delayed until graduate study, allocated to a generic Research Methods class, or even ... -
UNDER THE VOLCANO: The People of Kalapana, 1823 to 2010 [Book review]
(Pacific Affairs University British Columbia, 2018)Kalapana is a significant place in Hawaiian imaginaries. It was one of the few Hawaiian communities to survive as such into the twentieth century. It also lies in the shadow of Kīlauea, the most active of the Hawaiian ... -
Trajectories in health recovery in the 12 months following a mild traumatic brain injury in children: Findings from the BIONIC Study
(2018)Introduction: There is growing consensus that adverse child outcomes may be evident in the early recovery phase following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, controversy remains around the nature of children's ... -
A two-dimensional conceptual framework for understanding mental well-being
(Public Library Science, 2019)The complex nature of mental well-being is reflected in the great diversity of variables thought to represent aspects of mental flourishing. Discovering the underlying structure of mental well-being is important for a full ... -
‘Times that by 100’: Student learning from international practicum
(2017)International placements are uncommon for Aotearoa New Zealand social work students compared with many other countries. In 2015 five students undertook a 10-week placement in Cambodia. This article explores the students’ ... -
Automated canine scent-detection apparatus: Technical description and training outcomes
To date, laboratory scent-detection work with dogs has been a manual process whereby some or all aspects of the procedures are mediated by researchers. Automation of this process would eliminate issues associated with ...
