Arts and Social Sciences Papers
This collection houses research from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato.
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The history of number words in the world's languages-what have we learnt so far?
(Royal Society Publishing, 2021)For over 100 years, researchers from various disciplines have been enthralled and occupied by the study of number words. This article discusses implications for the study of deep history and human evolution that arise from ... -
TATAU: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing [Book review]
(Pacific Affairs, 2021)This book is a homage to tatau, honouring its deep socio-political significance and central mediating role in Sāmoan culture, past and present. As much as this is a social anthropological account, however, it is also a ... -
The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary: Terraqueous Territorialization and Māori Marine Environments
(Pacific Affairs, 2021)This paper interprets the disrupted establishment of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary, a 620,000 square kilometre marine protection area, as a crucial moment in Pacific frontier making. The development of large-scale protected ... -
Enacted stigma experiences and protective factors are strongly associated with mental health outcomes of transgender people in Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Introduction: International evidence has found large mental health inequities among transgender people and demonstrates that mental health outcomes are associated with enacted stigma experiences and protective factors. ... -
‘It’s how the world around you treats you for being trans’: mental health and wellbeing of transgender people in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Informa UK Limited, 2021)Globally, transgender people have been described as a highly marginalised population due to cisgenderism that delegitimises their gender identities and expressions. Despite robust evidence from many countries noting the ... -
Whose crisis is it anyway? Contesting and constructing political housing discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(2019)This presentation provides a critical evaluation of the emergence and scope of political discourse connected to the housing crisis in New Zealand. -
Environmental planning
(Routledge, 2018)As knowledge concerning the effects of human activity has grown over time, so has the necessity to manage human impacts effectively. Environmental planning is a mechanism to influence decisions relating to land and resources ... -
The International Journal of Wellbeing: Ten years on and the next ten years [Editorial]
(International Journal of Wellbeing, 2021)In the book chapter “The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access Success Story”, we outlined how the International Journal of Wellbeing (IJW) came into being as a caffeinated conception ... -
'Does anyone else have this?' The role of emotion in forum discussions about medical conditions affecting sex characteristics
(Routledge, 2021)When people experience rare medical conditions or variations, searching online may be the only way to find others with similar experiences. This study examines what happens when people do just that. The dataset for the ... -
Urban development and well-being
(2019)• ‘Well-being’ and ‘development’ are not necessarily the same thing • Creating great urban environments contribute to well-being, with multiple perspectives & dimensions requiring consideration -
Intrinsic barriers to and opportunities for community empowerment in community-based tourism development in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
(Informa UK Limited, 2021)Even though community empowerment is a crucial component of sustainable tourism, true community empowerment is in fact hard to achieve and still eludes many countries. Few studies have looked at factors that may inhibit ... -
‘The only place of amusement where a happy evening may be spent’: The Lydia Howarde Troupe
(2019)I aim today to bring you face to face with a name, a person, you might never have heard of – Lydia Howarde. Through Lydia Howarde and her theatrical Troupe I hope to challenge some of the perceptions you may have of the ... -
Managed retreats by whom and how? Identifying and delineating governance modalities
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Managed retreat has become a compelling policy imperative as climate change exacerbates socio-natural hazard risks and imminent harm looms for exposed communities. Retreats may be initiated over different times and scales ... -
The prospects of primitivism
(2020)Primitivist theories of truth date back at least to the origins of analytic philosophy, being defended by Moore, Russell, and Frege. A number of contemporary philosophers have also defended primitivist truth theories, with ... -
Academic spotlight: Reuben Steff talks big power politics
(2020)Dr Reuben Steff bemoans the absence of robust debate in New Zealand on foreign policy issues and the lack of investment in local research and strategic supply chains. He talks exclusively to Line of Defence. -
Developing a core outcome set for future infertility research: an international consensus development study
(Oxford University Press, 2020)STUDY QUESTION: Can a core outcome set to standardize outcome selection, collection and reporting across future infertility research be developed? SUMMARY ANSWER: A minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, has been ... -
“Just wrong”, “disgusting”, “grotesque”: How to deal with public rejection of new potentially life-saving technologies
(Routledge, 2021)This chapter begins by explaining how PAM was supposed to work and how public expressions of moral repugnance led to the project being shut down. It then introduces and explains the psychology of moral repugnance and ... -
'Look up here, I'm in heaven': how visual and performance artist David Jones called attention to his physical death
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Death constitutes an end to consciousness for the departed, while for the living it represents an event out there in a world of objects. The memory of David Bowie as a celebrity was certain to live on via documented images, ... -
Political inclusion as a means of generating Justice for children
(University of Minho, 2020)I argue that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to ... -
A systematic review of approaches for modelling current and future impacts of extreme rainfall events using green infrastructure
(2020)A range of modelling approaches has been developed to assess how green infrastructure could mitigate the effects of extreme rainfall events. This paper seeks to develop this agenda by reviewing how these modelling approaches ...
