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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Mad Max: Fury Road - Challenging narrative and gender representation in the action genre
(2017)This article explores the key components that made "Mad Max: Fury Road" a subversive text within the action/post-apocalyptic genre. There will be a discussion of the film’s narrative (or lack of), Miller’s visual language ... -
Out of the pan and into the fire: Precariousness among women and children escaping domestic violence
(Massey University Press, 2017)Domestic violence can leave women in a precarious position in regards to basic needs such as health, housing and income. It can make their participation in education, social and community life extremely marginal and seriously ... -
Student engagement: Potential causes and solutions
(2017)I will briefly discuss what I take to be some potential causes and solutions to student disengagement at the University of Waikato. As educators responsible to our students, our employers, and taxpayers, we are facing ... -
Wellbeing Policy
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Wellbeing – or the prudential good life – refers to how well someone’s life is going for him or her (Crisp, 2014 ). Increasingly, awareness of the limitations of traditional economic indicators has led researchers to call ... -
Investigating commentary on the fifth labour-led government’s third way approach
(Sociological Association of Aotearoa (NZ), 2017)After the 1999 election of a Labour-led coalition government in Aotearoa New Zealand, a raft of policy reforms adopted characteristics of the ‘Third Way’ ideology promoted by Anthony Giddens. We argue, however, that Third ... -
Paradoxical mobilities: sharemilking with Te Raparahi Lands Trust (Wāotū)
(2017)Mobilities are important for capturing some of the combined movements of people, animals and objects in all of their complex relational dynamics. Sharemilking involves a cascade of mobilities: from the modest journies of ... -
Paremias xeocosmolóxicas de predición do tempo en galego e maorí (Geocosmologic paroemias of weather prediction in Galician and Maori)
(Centro Ramón Piñeiro para a Investigación en Humanidades (Ramón Piñeiro Center for Humanities Research), 2015)This comparative study collects phraseological units -dictons- (Rodegem 1984 e Sevilla Muñoz 1988; 1992) related to the semantic field of weather forecast from two cultures, which have not been in contact, and which are ... -
Medios compositivos y nuevas formas de experiencia perceptiva en la poesía experimental española actual
(2014)La naturaleza híbrida y heterogénea de los modos poéticos experimentales —poéticas no versificadas y no declamatorias— constituye un rasgo distintivo de este macrogénero, el cual requiere para un mejor entendimiento un ... -
Space as an inter semiotic agent in the (de)construction of poetic meaning (El espacio como agente intersemiótico en la (de) construcción del significado poético)
(2014)In this study I propose a new mode of reading space in experimental poetry within the framework of visual and verbal semiotic theories (Roland Barthes 1973, 1977; Mitchell W. J. T. 1980, and Theo Van Leuwen 1996). Space ... -
Critical approaches to experimental poetry
(2014)There are many possible approaches that we can use to study current and historical experimental poetic practices. Some relevant frameworks of study include different schools of thought such as structuralism and linguistic ... -
Poeticas y politicas de lo marginal: El caso de la poesia experimental [Poetics and politics of the marginal: The case of experimental poetry]
(2016)La poesía experimental en sus múltiples géneros es una corriente interartística que personifica múltiples crisis. Su naturaleza inclusiva e híbrida la hace habitar en los límites de la textualidad, la discursividad literaria ... -
[Keynote] "Projections of time in Cara Inversa (2014) by Pepe Caccamo and Baldo Ramos"
(2015)Cara Inversa (2014) incorporates a variety of voices from the past, as well as lyric and non-lyric styles and themes embodied in different perceptions of time: a mythical time (Breogan), a sociopolitical and historical ... -
El espacio como agente intersemiótico en la (de)construcción del significado poético (Space as an intersemiotic agent in the (de)construction of poetic meaning)
(Éditions Orbis Tertius, 2015)En este estudio se investigan nociones aportadas por la crítica literaria y socio-cultural en torno a la discursividad del espacio como modo de producción. Asimismo, se redefine el espacio poemático verbal en contraste con ... -
The mechanisms of subnational population growth and decline in New Zealand 1976-2013
(Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)This article summarises key findings from the strand of the Tai Timu Tangata. Taihoa e? project that examined the mechanisms of subnational population change in New Zealand for 143 towns, 132 rural centres and 66 territorial ... -
Getting students to engage with readings
(University of Waikato, 2017)Ever wondered how many of your students attempt or complete their readings? Ever worried that when students do attempt the readings that they fail to remember or even understand the important points? If we are to implement ... -
How volunteering reduced the impact of the Rena oil spill: Community responses to an environmental disaster
(International Sociological Association, 2015)Following the Rena oil spill off the Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand and subsequent volunteer clean-up programme, we interviewed 39 volunteers and 9 people involved in the volunteer organisation. We aimed to learn about ... -
Enacted stigma, mental health, and protective factors among transgender youth in Canada
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)Purpose: We aimed to assess the Minority Stress Model which proposes that the stress of experiencing stigma leads to adverse mental health outcomes, but social supports (e.g., school and family connectedness) will reduce ... -
That 'austere anti-aesthetic angel': James K. Baxter and Puritanism
(Victoria University Press, 2017)It is necessary to begin with an apology to James K. Baxter. In my previous musings on the Puritan legacy in New Zealand I have chastised Baxter, along with other writers and critics of his generation, for using Puritanism ... -
Transition to professional social work practice: The first three years
(Australian and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research, 2017)This article presents the findings of a longitudinal research project that followed the employ-ment outcomes of one cohort of Bachelor of Social Work graduates for three years. Prior to graduation, students receive ... -
Why do I need research and theory? A guide for social workers, by Jennifer Anderson-Meger[Book Review]
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2017)This article reviews the book “Why do I need research and theory? A guide for social workers”, by Jennifer Anderson-Meger.
