College of Arts: Recent submissions
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SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
(RMIT, 2018)When we think of poverty reduction and development, we assume that these have always been inextricably linked. This is not the case. A focus on the problem of poverty was a relatively late entrant onto the development ... -
What is Intellectual Freedom Today: An Indigenous Reflection
(University of Canterbury. Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2016)Intellectual freedom, a hallmark of so-called modern democratic societies, signals the existence of repressive forces. Intellectual freedom as a mechanism, serves to challenge and confront such forces, and its excesses. ... -
Journalism and risk: the impact of Boko Haram attacks on news content and journalists’ patterns of news gathering and reporting in Nigeria (2011-2012).
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Journalists reporting on conflict have always faced risk in their work. In recent times, the risks have changed to deliberate targeting and systematic killing of journalists by terror groups. Many reporters in Nigeria ... -
Ex Tenebris Lux (Symphony no.3)
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The campaign to abolish imprisonment for debt in England, 1750-1840.
(University of Canterbury, 1974)In the Common Law of England, a writ of capias could be used to arrest a debtor and hold him on bail or in prison until he was brought to trial, and thereafter until he paid the debt. This thesis studies the development ... -
The coverage of the multi-sided war on IS in Syria by AJA and RT.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)International divisions over Syria’s internal crisis have shaped the map of the war against international terrorism which has erupted amid anti-government protests. Since September 2015, Syria has witnessed a multi-sided ... -
The agency of women in Frank Herbert’s Dune series.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis examines the extent to which Frank Herbert’s best-selling science fiction series, the six-book Dune saga, can be considered feminist by studying the representation of women across the series. It analyzes the ... -
Three-dimensional printable ultrasound transducer stabilization system
(2018)When using ultrasound imaging of the tongue for speech recording/research, submental transducer stabilization is required to prevent the ultrasound transducer from translating or rotating in relation to the tongue. An ... -
Development funding and policy : the importance of information and capability building with particular reference to Tonga.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis is concerned with international development theory and practice, and the processes of financing aid and development programs. The need for communities to have access to information in order to develop sustainable ... -
‘An eye for an aye’ : linguistic and political backlash and conformity in eighteenth-century Scots.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This study examines the effects of social and political changes that were occurring during the eighteenth century in Scotland on the use of written Scots, focussing in particular upon authors who were known to have been ... -
Naive Melody
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The Green Party
(Oxford University Press, 2015)The natural environment features strongly in the ways that New Zealanders think about New Zealand. A recurring idealisation of the natural landscape, what Bell calls the ‘nature myth’, is reflected outwards in the ‘clean ... -
Rethinking lay people’s theories of the economy
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Renewed scholarly interest in lay people’s economics (Leiser & Kril, 2017; Darriet & Bourgeois-Gironde, 2015; Sapienza & Zingales, 2013a; Dixon, Griffiths, & Lim, 2014), a tradition of research typically associated with ... -
Review: The Capetian Century, 1214 to 1314, ed. by W. C. Jordan and J. R. Phillips (Turnhout: Brepols, 2017)
(ANZAMEMS, 2018)This collection originates in a conference held at Princeton in 2014 to mark two anniversaries in French history: the famous Battle of Bouvines and the death, a century later, of King Philip IV. As William Chester Jordan ... -
Exploring youth activism on climate change: dutiful, disruptive, and dangerous dissent
(2018)The policies and decisions made today will influence climate and sustainability outcomes for the remainder of this century and beyond, and youth today have a large stake in this future. Many youth are expressing dissent ... -
Herodotus the ΣΟΦΌΣ - theology and the claim to knowledge
(University of Canterbury, 2018)As remarked by John Gould, ‘Herodotus and religion’ is a vast subject that has provoked much discussion amongst scholars. Thomas Harrison has made a strong contribution to this area with his Divinity and history (2000), ... -
Feeling Lucky: The Serendipitous Nature of Field Education
(2018)Field education and the supervision that occurs during this process cements learning and enhances preparedness for a career in social work. Graduate readiness for social work practice is however a contested subject in ...
