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Print past. Digital present. Predictable future? Where will digital technology take the College of Arts in the 21st Century?
(2015)In this seminar Paul Millar discusses his involvement in Digital Humanities activities going back to the early 1990s, and outlines the often-unpredictable trajectory of some of the projects he has been involved with. ... -
The Limits of Humanism in an Era of Ecological Crisis
(2016)At a time when earth system scientists are suggesting that the disruptive ecological agency of humanity has reached geological proportions, social theorists are vigorously questioning the intellectually constructed chasms ... -
Exploring political blogs as a form of alternative media
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communications, 2008) -
Re-presenting climate change in the alternative and mainstream press of New Zealand
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communications, 2009) -
Women's Voices: Finding solace out of disaster
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2014)Grief and solace in disasters. Finding Solace - Solace as an approach to the adjustments and transitions of grief ‘it is that which brings hope in the future in the face of despair’ (Klass, 1992). Understanding solace ... -
Genealogical Rolls: New Approaches & Opportunities
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. History, 2016)Late medieval European genealogical rolls are one of the most striking legacies of the 15th century. Their frequently colourful and striking appearance coupled with their distinctive layout and structure has led to their ... -
Issues of Continuity & Discontinuity in the Fifteenth Century: The Canterbury Roll and the Visualisation of English Identity
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. History, 2015) -
The Digital Modern: Humanities and New Media
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative Arts, 2015) -
Not just a social media platform: Facebook use in a German tertiary learning environment. An ethnographic study.
(University of Canterbury. Global, Cultural and Language StudiesUniversity of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2015)Looking for a way to step out of the conventional classroom and to make German language study more relevant, Facebook (FB) was used in a German intermediate language class at a tertiary institution. This provided a way for ... -
Octopropositionalism
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2016)This paper concerns the necessary/ contingent dichotomy, the a priori / empirical dichotomy and the analytic / synthetic dichotomy. These three dichotomies can be combined to produce a tri-dichotomy of eight modal ... -
The UC Magna Carta
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. History, 2016) -
De-extinction, Authenticity and Wildlife Conservation
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2016) -
Robots, Unemployment and the Minarchist State
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2016) -
Imperial Ambitions? Empire in Later Capetian Thought
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. History, 2016)It is not the aim of this paper to explore how the process of Capetian expansion and its mirror – German imperial decline – took place. Since the 19th century: there have been many detailed accounts exploring the ‘reality’ ... -
A challenge to hope: Uneven trajectories in children with developmental disabilities
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. School of Health SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Linguistics, 2015)Based on the progressive trajectories of typically developing children, tools for tracking the development of children with complex disabilities (e.g., the Carolina Curriculum) anticipate that they will follow similar ... -
Toku whare korero: Indigenous long houses as places for the re-education of non-indigenous adult and other educators in the Ngai Tuahuriri tribal takiwa (territory) of Aotearoa (New Zealand).
(University of Canterbury. Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2014) -
Women's Voices: Findings solace out of disaster
(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2014)War and natural disasters share many features including great loss of life, traumatised populations and haunting memories. The Christchurch earthquakes were the third most costly event of 2011 with total costs of up to ... -
Management of Complex Cultural Heritage Projects: UC CEISMIC Earthquake Archive
(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2014)The UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive contains tens of thousands of high value cultural heritage items related to a long series of earthquakes that hit Canterbury, New Zealand, from 2010 - 2012. The archive ...
