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The negotiation of HIV prevention among community HIV educators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2014)
This thesis is an ethnographic study of the lives of thirty community HIV educators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Compared to quantitative studies this is a small number, but by keeping the number of participants small ...
Performance, Art and the Female Nude at Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
(University of Canterbury. Social and Political Sciences, 2012)
My thesis examines the event of Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, which has branches in over 120 cities worldwide. Dr Sketchy's combines the format of a life drawing class with burlesque performance, creating an event that ...
Making place at the end of the world : an ethnography of tourism and urban development in Ushuaia, Argentina’s Antarctic Gateway City.
(University of Canterbury. LSAPS, Anthropology, 2014)
This thesis is concerned with the lived experience of placemaking in Argentina’s Antarctic gateway port Ushuaia. Based on 12 months ethnographic fieldwork, it explores the relations between tourism, urban development, and ...
Mongolia Naadam Festival: past and present in the construction of national identity
(University of Canterbury. Social and Political Sciences, 2009)
This study explores the significant role that Naadam has played, and continues to play, in the creation and maintenance of Mongolian national identity, both within and outside the boundaries of Mongolia. By regularly ...
Frodo is grea... who is that?!?: the production and consumption of an online celebrity parody.
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2007)
My thesis analyses the phenomenon of Figwit, a non-speaking elf extra who appeared for only three-seconds in the first instalment of Peter Jackson's 2001 Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Figwit was initially generated as ...
"Cricket is in the blood" (Re)producing Indianness: Families negotiating diasporic identity through cricket in Singapore
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2006)
Diaspora invokes a way of living. Geographic displacement, either voluntary or forced, brings about heightened processes of negotiation between the past, the present and the future. Effectively, diaspora creates a space ...
People Out of Place: Representations and Experiences Of Female Homelessness In Christchurch, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2006)
This anthropological thesis focuses on female homelessness in Christchurch, New Zealand. I am interested in how different groups in society understand female homelessness and how their perceptions compare to the experiences ...
Metro-rurality, social distinction & ideal reflexive individuality: Martinborough’s Wine Tourists
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2008)
Martinborough, a small rural settlement renowned for its Pinot Noir wines, is a popular holiday destination for many of the new middle class resident in nearby Wellington, New Zealand's capital city. Attracted by the ...
The Negotiation of Takapuneke: A study of Maori-State relations and the investment of value in tapu lands
(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2008)
This thesis focuses on the contested nature of landscape in New Zealand and on the
complex relationships and social processes that are associated with that contest. This
includes relationships between people as well ...
Riding at the Margins: International Media and the Construction of a Generic Outlaw Biker Identity in the South Island of New Zealand, circa 1950 - 1975.
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2007)
Abstract New Zealand has had a visible recreational motorcycle culture since the 1920s, although the forerunners of the later 'outlaw' motorcycle clubs really only started to emerge as loose-knit biker cliques in the ...
