College of Arts: Recent submissions
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Representing ‘the sunny Britain of the south’ : visual cultures of weather in nineteenth-century Aotearoa New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)As a ubiquitous feature of landscape, the weather has often been regarded as a backdrop to a scene and has largely eluded critical discussion in New Zealand’s art histories. However, its symbolic richness and its centrality ... -
The EU's trade and development policy as an aspect of inter-regional relations with ASEAN : a case of well-being.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)What is the purpose of life? What can fulfill our lives? Is it happiness coupled with living in a so-called utopian society? Questions like these may sound familiar and thus may provide opportunity for discussion to any ... -
In Bloom
(2020)In Bloom was developed by Steve Carr while on residency at McCahon House in French Bay, West Auckland. The bronze-cast tyres and living floral arrangements present a contrast in materials, offering a moment of reflection ... -
Matter, memory, myth : recasting magic(al) realism.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis considers literary and other forms of magic(al) realism in the context of postcolonial studies. Its premise, simply put, is that magic(al) realism is best understood in terms of its historical- and new-materialist ... -
Prospects of an India-Taiwan Strategic Partnership: Economics, Security, and Expected Utility Theory
(2020)The China-India border dispute has witnessed escalations recently with China making fresh claims along the disputed border and deaths of Indian military personnel. This study examines the likelihood of a strategic partnership ... -
Partisan Polarization and Fragmentation in the Taiwanese Electorate: Evidence from the 2020 Elections
(2020)Taiwan is generally viewed as having a polarized polity with national identity being the defining issue. Yet, there are several trends that are at least somewhat inconsistent with this image. First, partisan loyalties ... -
Hollywood and the Chinese film market : crosscultural communication or commercial transaction?
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Globalisation as a cultural as well as an economic phenomenon has led to more frequent communication and exchange across cultures. Hollywood has long been familiar with exporting American cultural values internationally ... -
Woman alone: solitude in selected short stories by Katherine Mansfield, Janet Frame, and Jacqueline Sturm
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The great accomplishment of Michele Leggott in her seminal essay on women’s writing in New Zealand poetry, “Opening the Archive: Robin Hyde, Eileen Duggan and the persistence of record”, is to point to “a lost matrix of ... -
A survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade in Christchurch, New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 1945)The aim of this survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade, is to outline recognised methods of training, to evaluate methods used in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the ... -
An inordinate disdain for beetles: imagining the insect in colonial Aotearoa
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis examines cultural representations of insects over the last two centuries of European settlement in Aotearoa, with a view to better understanding the contemporary human-insect relationship. The study spans both ... -
Addressing New Zealand’s oil security in 2040 : policymaking in an uncertain world
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Oil remains one of the most important resources for the operation of New Zealand’s economy and society. Having an accurate perception of the country’s oil supply security and the effectiveness of security-improving policies ... -
Democratic commitment and the New Zealand Official Secrets Act : contradiction in terms
(University of Canterbury, 1980)Information and access to it, is a vital ingredient in the democratic model. Government secrecy however inhi bits the flow of information to citizens. This denial of fu.Ll and accurate information stunts and weakens public ... -
Ethnic media and multi-dimensional identity: Pacific audiences’ connections with Māori media
(2020)This study explores issues of identity, hybridity and media in an Aotearoa/New Zealand context by analysing Pacific audiences’ affinity for and use of Indigenous Māori media. It makes the case for broadening ethnic ... -
Anglican church music in Canterbury 1850-1900
(University of Canterbury, 1973)Speaking to members of the Lyttelton Colonists’ Society in 1851, John Robert Godley outlined the fortunes of the Canterbury Association, both in London where it originated, and in New Zealand. It had, he noted, followed a ... -
Iron Cross and Crescent Press Discussion of the Ottoman Empire in the United Kingdom, 1914-1918
(University of Canterbury, 2019)First World War historians have increasingly sought to move beyond conventional narratives of a self-contained Anglo-German conflict. It was, after all, a ‘world war’, reflected in the United Kingdom’s four years of nearly ... -
Authenticity and authority of voice in the post-serial investigative podcast genre.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In recent years, audio podcasting has become a massively popular medium for long form, non- fiction storytelling. In 2019, 62 million Americans listened to podcasts regularly, more than triple the number who did so in 2013 ... -
A slice of wedding cake history
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Britain and strategic planning towards a second front, June 1940 - January 1944
(University of Canterbury, 2005)In its original proposal, this thesis aimed to examine the wartime policies of Winston Churchill and his influence on Britain's decision to campaign throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean region and to assess whether ...