Arts and Social Sciences Papers

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This collection houses research from Te Kura Toi School of Arts, Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, and Te Kura Aronui School of Social Sciences at the University of Waikato.

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Mark making: Asemic art
(2025) Schott, Gareth R.
This set of works reflect an exploration of the expressive capacity of penmanship in a space between script and image. They belong to the practice of 'asemic writing art’ – asemic referring to the lack of specific semantic content or meaning. As an artistic style, asemic works celebrate unhindered explorations of handwriting. Mark Making reflects the unique style, gestures and personal visual vocabulary of the mark maker, a process that is also susceptible to inner states, muscle memory, fatigue, involuntary movements, vision blur and ink flow! While hand-written documents possess less authority and relevance today, the tactile experience of a smooth nib glide, the satisfying weight of a pen and the aesthetic quality of ink on paper has not diminished. This collection is testament to the absorbing practice of placing marks, ticks and dots on paper until they culminate into a recognizable forms.
Women’s and girls’ ADHD diagnosis journeys: A mother-daughter autoethnography
(BMJ, 2026) Wheaton, Belinda; Holland, Poppy
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains underidentified, underdiagnosed and undertreated in women and girls. Research exploring their diagnostic experiences across national contexts is limited, despite an urgent need for experience-based knowledge to address epistemic injustices in healthcare. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, this study examines the diagnosis journeys of a mother and daughter, both with ADHD. We focus on critical incidents in the daughter’s ADHD/dyslexia diagnosis journey over a decade, spanning childhood to adulthood and two health systems: England and Aotearoa New Zealand. Findings reveal how limited understanding of ADHD in girls/women, combined with co-occurring conditions, contributed to repeated missed or misdiagnoses by teachers, education psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians and general practitioners. A network of professionals across health and education settings acted as gatekeepers, often unintentionally hindering access to support. Moreover, the experiential knowledge of both women was frequently sidelined, perpetuating epistemic injustice. We discuss implications for policy and practice and highlight the value of lived experience in addressing systemic barriers to ADHD diagnosis, recognition and understanding for women and girls.
Osobiste i zawodowe rozważania nad wartością Szkoły Lwowsko-Warszawskiej
(Wydawnictwo Academicon, 2025-10-31) Ulatowski, Joseph W.
Rok 2025 stanowi kamień milowy dla Szkoły Lwowsko--Warszawskiej . Obchodzimy 130 . rocznicę jej założenia przez Kazimierza Twardowskiego (1866–1938), ucznia wie-deńskiego filozofa i psychologa Franza Brentana (1838–1917) .Podejście Twardowskiego do zagadnień filozoficznych jest wyjątkowe w historii filozofii, a jego dziedzictwo kon-tynuowali jego uczniowie, każdy na swój indywidualny spo-sób . Choć rocznica ta nie jest obchodzona jako stulecie czy półtorawiecze, które zazwyczaj są okazją do uroczystości, rok ten pozostaje znaczący.
Guest editors’ introduction
(Taylor & Francis, 2025) Ulatowski, Joseph W.; Wright, Cory; Griffith, Aaron; Hernandez, Shawn; Kashtan, David
Introducing the value of truth in the Age of Post-Truth, Sher on Post-Truth, the Invited Commentaries, and the Open Peer Commentaries.
Violence metaphors: A cognitive linguistic study of YouTube breast cancer discourse in New Zealand and Pakistan
(2025) Malik, Sara; Calude, Andreea S.; Ulatowski, Joseph W.
Research largely takes a medical focus, overlooking thoughts and emotions. Studying thoughts and emotions reveals speakers' experiences. Many of us know someone affected by this illness. Understanding their language helps us grasp their experiences more deeply.
Breast cancer talk: A cross-linguistic study of lexical verbs occurring with generic pronoun ‘you’
(2025) Malik, Sara; Calude, Andreea S.; Ulatowski, Joseph W.
Breast cancer discourse is increasingly studied within medical humanities, reflecting a broader interest in illness narratives and patient-centered storytelling (DeShazer, 2005; Frank, 1995). Using a cognitive, usage-based approach, we explore how New Zealand (NZ) English and Pakistani (PK) Urdu speakers use language, particularly metaphor, speech acts, pronouns and verbs to express their cancer experiences on YouTube. This paper focuses on one aspect: the use of lexical verbs following generic second-person pronouns, analysing their semantic patterns which offer insight into how speakers construe illness. Drawing on Payne’s (2011) verb categories and expanding Durst-Andersen et al.’s (2013) classification of state verbs, this study explores the range and types of verbs in both datasets. The data includes 46 narratives from NZ and 36 from PK, posted between 2011 and 2023 by organisations such as the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation and Pink Ribbon Pakistan. These videos were transcribed using Whisper AI and filtered to include only patients’ discourse, then organised into eight narrative topics. A mixed-method approach was used: quantitative analysis with AntConc extracted keyword-in-context (KWIC) instances of you, followed by qualitative analysis to identify generic uses of you and the types of verbs that follow it. The study investigates (a) shared and distinct lexical verbs across datasets, and (b) insights from the most frequent verbs. Preliminary findings show that most verb types are similar across both datasets, with action and state verbs being the most frequently used. Building on Stirling and Manderson’s (2011) findings about the use of generic you pronoun in Australian English, we report that speakers of both NZ English and PK Urdu similarly use generic you, along with state verbs to foster empathy and action verbs to convey credibility and authority in illness narratives. We argue that pronoun-verb pairings function as strategic tools for positioning cancer experiences within speaker narratives.
Higher Education in the Metacrisis: A conversation
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2025) Eames, Chris W.; Estellés, Marta; del Monte, Pablo; Ulatowski, Joseph W.
There are multiple intersecting crises afflicting society, from environmental devastation to the collapse of democracy, from economic exploitation to gratuitous violence, in the so-called “metacrisis.” Universities have both contributed to these crises in various ways, but have also tried to prevent them In this paper, we consider our responses to the metacrisis from our various disciplinary perspectives as four university educators from different scholarly traditions in one institution in Aotearoa New Zealand, We draw from our teaching experiences and our theoretical perspectives to engage in a reflective conversation with each other about how we may address the challenges of the metacrisis. Our conversation illustrates the potential benefits that such reflections, amongst colleagues who are intimately connected to a range of crises, may have to elucidate knowledge, power and performativity, and considers how humility, in a variety of forms, may be important to navigate the metacrisis.
Quantum-resistant timestamping for open science: A non-technical guide
(Taylor & Francis, 2026) Krägeloh, Christian U.; Bartholomew, Emerson J.; Medvedev, Oleg N.
Psychology faces a dual challenge from artificial intelligence (AI): While AI offers powerful research tools, it simultaneously threatens the discipline’s methodological foundations through deepfakes and synthetic data generation. The ability to prove when psychological data, preregistrations, and research protocols genuinely existed has become critical for maintaining scientific integrity, particularly as AI can now fabricate convincing retroactive evidence. These concerns are compounded by the vulnerability of existing open-science platforms to cyberattacks, data loss, or service unavailability, raising broader questions about the reliability and security of current research infrastructure. Together, these threats make robust, independent verification of research records increasingly urgent, especially in the context of psychology’s ongoing replication crisis and open-science reforms. This method article presents a quantum-resistant blockchain timestamping solution for researchers with no technical blockchain knowledge. Using the example of the Algorand blockchain’s Falcon cryptographic signatures – which are understood as being able to withstand both current AI threats and future quantum-computing attacks – we are demonstrating how researchers can create immutable proof that their hypotheses, data collection protocols, and datasets existed at specific times at the cost of a fraction of cent. Through step-by-step instructions, this article enables researchers to implement quantum-resistant timestamping regardless of their technical background. By removing barriers to blockchain-based verification, this method aims to make such protection as routine as current preregistration practices, ultimately establishing a new standard for safeguarding research integrity in the age of AI.
Amplifying Indigenous voices: Four Indigenous publishing houses
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025) Scaletti, Maria; Barbour, Julie Renee; Daly, Nicola; Vanderschantz, Nicholas
Existing research in the field of Indigenous children’s literature is sparse but growing. A notable gap in the literature is the paucity of insight into Indigenous picturebook publishing. In preparation for a larger study of Indigenous publishing processes, in this study, we conducted a website analysis to explore the work of Indigenous publishing houses. From this data, we constructed four case studies focusing on Magabala Books (Australia), Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing (USA), Theytus Books (Canada), and Inhabit Media (Canada). Additionally, we present a close analysis of four recently published picturebooks from the publishing houses (one from each). In this article, we provide insights into the key themes underpinning the four Indigenous publishers, including a commitment to storytelling, collaboration, and education; the amplification and prioritization of Indigenous languages; the place of external funding; incorporation of Indigenous art; and the educational background of the authors and illustrators.
“If it don’t talk, it's not whakapapa data”: Conceptualising whakapapa data in a digital age
(Wiley, 2026-02) Pēpi Tarapa‐Dewes, Ella; Kukutai, Tahu
In Te Ao Māori, whakapapa is a sacred framework that connects all aspects of existence. Whakapapa is highly sensitive information and a taonga that requires active protection. But what can be considered whakapapa data in a digital age where data linkage is ubiquitous and the boundaries between personal and collective information are increasingly blurred? We explore this question through a case study with Ngāti Tiipa, a hapū that is actively engaged in its own data sovereignty research. Reflexive thematic analysis of whānau kōrero identified three types of whakapapa data, each denoting a specific kind of connection: 1) between relatives, both living and deceased; 2) between people and places of cultural significance; and 3) between people and the spiritual realm. Whānau concepts of whakapapa data tend to be context‐specific, suggesting that it is more useful to think of whakapapa data as dynamic and relational rather than a fixed, inherent attribute.
Remediating the art of music video [in Malleable boundaries - Creative modes of practice and inquiry in the Academy]
(University of Waikato, 2024-11-15) Perrott, Lisa; Hill, Rodrigo; Davidson, Cerys
The concept of remediation implies that new media attain cultural distinctiveness by paying homage to, and refashioning earlier media (Bolter & Grusin, 1999). Having explored remediation in my book David Bowie and the Art of Music Video (2023), I extended this project by employing creative practice research to test the flexibility of this concept. The affordances of several mediums and materials were explored to remediate three images from music videos previously analysed for my book. Title of painting #1: Remediating Life On Mars? When directing the music video for Life on Mars? (1973), photographer Mick Rock used 16mm film to remediate the materiality and two dimensionality of Pop Art and Japanese paintings of the Edo period known as Ukiyo-e. As an extension of this process, I experimented with the fluidity of watercolour paint to remediate these artforms in relation to the affordances of music video and still photography. Title of painting #2: Divine Heroes When directing Heroes (1977), Stanley Dorfman sculpted with light and film to remediate Byzantine paintings and sculpture of the Renaissance period. Paying homage to these mediums, and referencing the Divine Mercy paintings of 1934 and 1944, I experimented with the vibrant hues and light-sculpting properties of watercolour paints and gold leaf. Title of painting #3: Ashes to Dada When directing Ashes to Ashes (1980) an accident with camera settings enabled David Bowie and David Mallet to exploit the affordances of videotape, thus producing a unique remediation of avant-garde films of the 1920s. While using watercolour paint to rework the estranged colours and fuzzy materiality of videotape, my use of the cut-up method pays homage to the aleatory process associated with this video, to the Dada movement, and to the artistic process of Tristan Tzara, William Burroughs and David Bowie.
Truth as a cultural value
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2026) Wyatt, Jeremy
Gila Sher (2025) puts forward a theory of truth that is founded on a thought-provoking strategy for thinking about truth’s nature. According to this strategy, in attempting to develop an account of truth’s nature, we should foreground the fact that truth is an intrinsic human value. In this brief commentary, I will argue that truth is best described as a cultural, rather than a human, value. I will then explore the ramifications that this has for Sher’s strategy for thinking about truth’s nature.
Twardowski, rationality, and post-truth
(УДК 1(438)(092):321.7(062.552), 2026) Ulatowski, Joseph W.; Карівця, Ігоря
If Twardowski is correct about rationality, then truth comes in degrees. If truth comes in degrees, then we must replace a classical conception of truth with a nearby alternative. Post-truth accepts that statements need not be true or false but may be scalar. Thus, Twardowski's own vision of rationality (logistic anti-irrationalism) would have to accept that truth comes in degrees.
English doesn’t need protecting in New Zealand – But other languages do
(The Conversation, 2026-03-06) Calude, Andreea S.; Wong, Sidney; James, Jesin
Anyone tuning into political debates about the recently introduced English Language Bill might be led to think New Zealand’s most widely spoken tongue is endangered. The bill, which forms part of a coalition deal between the New Zealand First and National parties and aims to make English an official language in Aotearoa, has been widely criticised as unnecessary. One opposition MP branded it an “answer to a problem that does not exist”. Indeed, English is spoken by more than 4.75 million New Zealanders – 96% of the population – and dominates the nation’s television, radio, classrooms and workplaces. One reason for designating languages “official” is to protect and support minority or marginalised languages, often those under threat. Can we really say the same of English?
Truth as a cultural value
(2025) Wyatt, Jeremy
In this talk, I will focus primarily on a strategy for thinking about truth's nature that has been recently proposed by Gila Sher. This strategy—which I call the ‘value-first strategy’—has it that we should first observe that truth is an intrinsic human value and then develop an account of truth’s nature on the basis of this observation. I will begin by arguing that truth is best described as a cultural, rather than a human, value. I will then argue that because truth is a cultural value, the value-first strategy compels us to seriously consider some novel ideas about truth’s nature that are respectively grounded in discussions about truth pluralism and some remarks by Alfred Tarski. To close, I will briefly illustrate how truth's status as a cultural value bears on current sociopolitical debates which concern the value of truth.
Keynote speech on freedom of religion
(2025) Chevalier-Watts, Juliet
Keynote speech on religious freedom at the conference titled: Freedom to do, to be, and to become: Enhancing individuals’ opportunities to believe and live as they choose within the framework of the law. The conference was convened by The International Center for Law & Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School (United States) in partnership with The University of Waikato Te Piringa – Faculty of Law (New Zealand), The Religious Freedom and Human Dignity Initiative at Brigham Young University–Hawaii (United States), and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society (New Zealand).
Mindful publishing in the AI era: An editor’s perspective on trends, challenges, and insights in mindfulness research
(International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM), 2024) Medvedev, Oleg N.
In an age where AI influences many facets of academic pursuit, the dissemination of mindfulness research is undergoing significant transformation. This workshop delivers an editor's perspective on the latest trends in mindfulness research, navigating through the possibilities and perils that AI presents to scholarly publishing. Our focus shifts to the core trends revolutionizing how mindfulness research reaches academic and public domains. We delve into how AI impacts the success rates of paper acceptance and publication, and the broader implications for researchers striving to contribute novel insights in a highly competitive space. This discussion will outline the increased efficiency and new opportunities for disseminating research findings, while also considering the challenges of maintaining rigorous peer-review standards in the fast-paced digital era. From an editorial vantage point, we share insights on harnessing AI to enhance the visibility and impact of mindfulness studies, and how this influences the themes and narratives that gain prominence in the literature. The talk will reflect on the emerging challenges such as ensuring the ethical use of AI, addressing the digital divide in research accessibility, and preserving the integrity of mindfulness as a discipline amidst rapid technological change. This workshop presentation aims to equip researchers with an understanding of current publishing trends, stimulate discussion on overcoming associated challenges, and inspire innovative approaches to sharing their work effectively. Attendees will leave with a clearer vision for navigating the evolving landscape of mindfulness research publication in the era of AI integration.
Beyond ‘what works’: why systematisation matters and what more it can do for the criminal justice evidence base
(Taylor & Francis , 2026-01-09) Tompson, Lisa
That a convenience sample cannot safely be generalised from is a trite truism in research. Yet in the criminal justice field, unrepresentative samples of studies routinely inform policy, practice, and theory. Novel or familiar findings often carry disproportionate weight, and selective reading can generate unwarranted certainty about what we think we know. Systematic reviews offer a solution to this problem. By requiring transparent and reproducible methods, they constrain overinterpretation of partial evidence and can promote sound reasoning. Despite their centrality to evidence-based criminal justice, systematic reviews are often narrowly understood as tools for answering ‘what works’ questions. This paper argues that the same logic of systematisation can support a much broader range of knowledge needs, including theory development, mechanism and context synthesis, measurement refinement, and futures-oriented evidence mapping. Thus, systematic reviews are not simply a tool for judging intervention effectiveness, but a family of methods for building cumulative, policy-relevant knowledge.
Self-construals and environmental values in 55 cultures
(Elsevier, 2022-02) Duff, Hamish; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Becker, Maja; Milfont, Taciano L.
Environmentalism is influenced by views of the self. In past research, individuals who saw themselves as more interdependently connected to others expressed greater environmental concern than those who saw themselves as more independent from others. Yet, cross-cultural evidence is limited. In this pre-registered study, we tested how seven ways of being interdependent or independent correlated with environmental values among 7279 members of 55 cultural groups from 33 nations. Consistent with our predictions, environmental values were strongly associated with several forms of interdependent self-construal, supporting parallels between self–other and self–nature relations. Specifically, two interdependent forms of self-construal showed consistent cross-cultural correlations: those who saw themselves as more connected to others and those who emphasized commitment to others above self-interest were more likely to endorse the value of looking after the environment. Extending previous conceptions, one way of being independent correlated reliably with environmentalism: those who saw themselves as consistent across contexts were also more likely to endorse environmental values. Multilevel moderation analysis indicated that commitment to others had stronger correlations with environmental values in nations with greater environmental performance and national development. We conclude that improving social connectedness and cohesion, alongside the protection of natural ecosystems, may be imperative for tackling the global climate crisis.
A population-based study of traumatic brain injury incidence and mechanisms in New Zealand: 2021–2022 compared with 2010–2011
(Elsevier, 2026) Jones, Kelly; Theadom, Alice; Starkey, Nicola; Zeng, Irene; Ameratunga, Shanthi; Barker-Collo, Suzanne; Wilkinson-Meyers, Laura; Te Ao, Braden; Henry, Nathan; McClean, Luke A; Chua, Jennifer; Haumaha, Leah; Kahan, Michael; Christey, Grant; Hardaker, Natalie; Jones, Amy; Dowell, Anthony; Feigin, Valery; Barker-Collo, Suzanne; Wilkinson-Meyers, Laura; Berryman, Kay; Scott, Nina; Masters-Awatere, Bridgette
Background: Monitoring traumatic brain injury (TBI) incidence and epidemiological patterns is important for evidence-based strategic planning, policy, prevention, and resource allocation. We revisited population-based estimates and examined patterns of TBI incidence (all ages, severities) in 2021–2022 compared with 2010–2011 in New Zealand (NZ). Methods: Examining an urban (Hamilton) and rural (Waikato District) region in NZ (May 2021–April 2022, unintentionally following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic), we calculated crude annual age-, sex-, ethnic-, urban/rural area- and mechanism-specific TBI incidence per 100,000 person-years with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI). Poisson regression was used to derive adjusted Risk Ratios (aRRs) to compare age-standardised rates between sex, ethnicity, and area groups. Direct standardisation was used to age-standardise rates to the world population. We calculated Incidence Rate Ratios (IRRs) with 95% CI to compare 2021–2022 with 2010–2011 age-standardised rates. Findings: Total TBI incidence per 100,000 person-years was 852 cases (95% CI 816–890), including 791 cases (756–828) of mild TBI, and 61 cases (52–72) of moderate to severe TBI. TBI affected males more than females (IRR 1.31, 95% CI 1.29–1.33), and urban more than rural residents (IRR 1.57, 1.43–1.73). Most TBI (61%) occurred in people aged 15–64 years and were due to falls (48%). European and Asian peoples had lower risk of TBI than Māori (aRRs 0.68, 0.31 respectively). Compared to 2010–2011, total TBI incidence and rates among Māori were stable; TBI incidence was greater among females, urban residents, and adults aged ≥34 years; and TBI due to falls significantly increased (IRR 1.20, 95% CI 1.03–1.40). Interpretation: Noting increased risks for underestimation due to COVID-19, findings suggest overall TBI incidence rate in NZ was similar in 2021–2022 to 2010–2011, while highlighting changes in TBI distribution. Age-, sex-, area-, ethnic-, and mechanism-specific distributions should be considered when revisiting prevention strategies to reduce TBI incidence. Funding: Health Research Council of New Zealand of NZ.

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