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 Routledge handbook of planning for health and well-being: shaping a sustainable and healthy future [Book Review]
(Routledge, 2018)This article reviews the book “The Routledge handbook of planning for health and well-being: shaping a sustainable and healthy future”, edited by Hugh Barton, Susan Thompson, Sarah Burgess and Marcus Grant, Abingdon, Oxon, ... -
Towards Comprehensive Policy Integration for the Sustainability of Small Islands: A Landscape-Scale Planning Approach for the Galapagos Islands
(MDPI, 2018)Accomplishing and implementing sustainable development goals in the context of insular socio-ecological systems requires effective policy integration—i.e., the integration of policy actors across multiple sectors and levels ... -
Making global audiences for a Hollywood ‘blockbuster’ feature film: Marketability, playability and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
(Intellect Ltd., 2016)This article interprets two key concepts in movie marketing (marketability and play-ability) through an empirical examination of the effects of commercial interpellation of audiences for a Hollywood ‘blockbuster’ fantasy ... -
Crown and country: Negotiating the one space
(2018)The concept of ‘Country’ is central to Aboriginal culture and has sustained the Quandamooka Peoples (the Quandamooka) of South East Queensland (SEQ) for 40,000 years. On 4 July 2011, the Federal Court of Australia determined ... -
Talking the language to death: Observing Hawaiian language classes
(Indigenous Studies Research Network, 2017)In the late 19th century, when the United States began its illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the teaching of languages was dominated by an approach—grammar translation—that has been associated with élitism and ... -
Facilitating reflective and collaborative learning in EAP
(Macmillan Pub Ltd, 2018)The research in focus involved a pilot study of the use of ePortfolios in an undergraduate third year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at a University in New Zealand. The overarching aim of the research was to ... -
Shopping in a narrow field: Cross-media news repertories in New Zealand
(University of Wales, 2017)This article reports on the New Zealand case study within a larger project investigating cross-media news repertoires within (and across) national audiences. Six key news media repertoires emerged in this case study; heavy ... -
Benefits and issues: Visitor sessions with pre-intermediate learners of japanese
(Massey University Press, 2016)In recent years, the number of Japanese language students in tertiary institutions in New Zealand has gradually decreased (Ogino, 2015), and Japanese departments have experienced budget and staff cuts. As a consequence of ... -
Obesity and breast cancer outcomes in chemotherapy patients in New Zealand - a population-based cohort study
(BMC, 2018)Background: Obesity has been reported as an adverse prognostic factor in breast cancer, but inconsistently, and under-treatment with chemotherapy may occur. We provide the first assessment of obesity and breast cancer ... -
Effect of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Bone Mineral Density in a Prostate Cancer Cohort in New Zealand: A Pilot Study
(2017)Introduction: Reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) is a common side effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We aimed to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal variation in BMD and associated bone markers in ... -
Characteristics of and differences between Pasifika women and New Zealand European women diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand
(2017)AIM: Breast cancer in New Zealand-based Pasifika women is a significant issue. Although Pasifika women have a lower incidence of breast cancer compared to New Zealand European women, they have higher breast cancer mortality ... -
Smashing the small screen: David Lynch, Twin Peaks and reinventing television
(McFarland, 2017)Cult filmmaker reinvented the visual landscape of television with his series Twin Peaks. By applying his creative practices to network television production, Lynch turned the small screen in to a cinematic event that pulled ... -
Effect of multimorbidity on health service utilisation and health care experiences
(2018)Introduction: Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more long-term conditions, is associated with poor quality of life, high health care costs and contributes to ethnic health inequality in New Zealand (NZ). Health ... -
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Sharemilking with the Te Raparahi Lands Trust (Wāotū)
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Beyond altruism: A case for compensated surrogate motherhood
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)Commercial surrogacy is prohibited in many countries, and there are a number of convincing reasons why it should remain so. We accept the reasons, but argue that fairness requires that surrogates be compensated for their ... -
'The Ultimate Version of Who You are Now': Performing the Gentleman Spy
(Oxford University Press, 2017)‘If you’re prepared to adapt and learn, you can transform’, superspy Harry Hart (Colin Firth) declares to his working-class protégé Eggsy Unwin (Taron Egerton) in Kingsman: The Secret Service (Twentieth Century Fox, 2015).1 ... -
An Examination of the Noken and Indigenous Cultural Identity: Voices of Papuan Women
(Lectito BV, 2018)Noken is an essential tool/bag/clothing in the lives of Indigenous people of West Papua, which is made from knitting thin strips of wood primarily from the Gnetum Gnemon tree. Raw materials required to make noken have ... -
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 ...
