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An analysis of the proposed solutions to the Fermi-Hart paradox.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)The Fermi-Hart paradox claims that there is a very high probability that detectable extraterrestrial intelligences exist, while also observing that we see no signs of them. This high probability of extraterrestrial ... -
If they build it will it take root? : applying lessons of colonial legacy to polity imposition.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)In this project, I explore whether imposed, liberal institutions installed by a colonial power affect the persistence of democracies in the postcolonial period. If a state imposes democratic institutions within another ... -
The abuse of patriarchal power in Rome: the rape narratives of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)By around 8AD the Metamorphoses, a single poem divided into fifteen books, had been completed by Publius Ovidius Naso. The text, written in the meter of epic, links together over two hundred myths through the theme of ... -
Political participation during conflict: a case study of the conflict areas in Songkhla and Pattani provinces of Thailand
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis examines the relationship between conflict and violence in the Deep South of Thailand and the political participation of people in the conflict areas by focusing on both electoral and non-electoral modes of ... -
Professionalisation and industrial relations : the New Zealand Nurses Association in the 1960s
(University of Canterbury, 1992)This thesis examines the attempt by the New Zealand Registered Nurses Association to enhance nursing's professional status and its involvement in industrial relations in the 1960s. It is asserted that because nursing ... -
Hearing ourselves : globalisation, the state, local content and New Zealand radio.
(University of Canterbury, 2002)Local music content on New Zealand radio has increased markedly in the years between 1997, when content monitoring began, and January 2002. Several factors have contributed to this increase, including a shift in approach ... -
The contemporary agricultural pattern of the sand country of the west coast of the North Island between the Whangaehu River and Paekakariki
(University of Canterbury, 1960)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the contemporary agricultural pattern of the sand country of the west coast of the North Island, between the Whangaehu River in the north and Paekakariki in the south. To aid this ... -
Non-canonical uses of overt personal pronouns in New Zealand English and Chinese
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis investigates the non-canonical uses of overt personal pronouns in spoken New Zealand English (NZE) and Chinese. Two oral corpora were chosen to be used in this study. One is the Canterbury Corpus (CC), and the ... -
The dark side of the coin: working families in urban Rome
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Roman Economics is a subject area that is fast gaining momentum in the classical world. Although there are numerous studies regarding workers, economics and families, the scholarship is thin when combining all of these ... -
The wilted lily : representations of the greater Capetian dynasty within the vernacular tradition of Saint-Denis, 1274-1461.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Much has been written about representations of kingship and regnal authority in the French vernacular chronicles popularly known as Les grandes chroniques de France, first composed at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Denis ... -
Responding to the rhyme of time : a comparative reading of H.D. and Chen Jingrong's poetry of 'New Beauty' in the context of modernism.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis reveals the relationship between women’s modernist experiments with poetic language and their political aspirations to freedom through the examination of the poetic images of beauty created by American poet ... -
The construction of social meaning: A matched-guise investigation of the California Vowel Shift
(2016)Research on social meaning, which links language variation to the wider social world, often bases claims about the social meanings of linguistic forms on production (i.e., speakers’ situational use of meaningful forms). ... -
Social work field educator practice: expanding the vision
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Social workers identify experiential learning opportunities as critical components of their education, but in Aotearoa New Zealand there is significant concern due to increasing demand and variable quality in field education. ... -
Crossroads: commemorative names in East Berlin, 1990–2010
(University of Canterbury, 2012)The memorial landscape has been a focal point in recent studies concentrating on postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe. This thesis contributes to this field by examining the names, naming, and renaming of former ... -
When going digital is inevitable: a multidimensional view of newspaper managers’ responses to newswork change
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This is an empirical inquiry about managing newswork change in newspaper organisations. It addresses a basic issue for the sustainability of newspapers: How do newspaper managers deal with newswork changes at a time of ... -
Ko Au Te Moana, Ko Te Moana Ko Au: Te Rangatiratanga Me Te Kaitiakitanga o Roto i Te Rāngai Kaimoana Māori (I Am The Ocean, The Ocean Is Me: Rangatiratanga And Kaitiakitanga In The Māori Seafood Sector)
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Prior to 1840, rangatira exercised exclusive and unqualified sovereignty over their lands and fisheries within their respective jurisdictions. However, this sovereignty was subsequently taken away from them through ... -
Representations of rulership in the Legenda aurea.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)The thirteenth century is a period of great innovations in the development of political thought. The relationship between temporal and ecclesiastical power became increasingly strained over this period, giving birth to ... -
Monetary policy in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 1940)The aim of this thesis is to give with substantial securacy a record of monetary development in New Zealand during the first four years of the Labour Government’s period of office and to make some critical comments on the ... -
Alternative elephant tourism and social media engagement: a case study from Thailand
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis explores the experiences of peoples' encounters with elephants in an elephant sanctuary in Thailand with a volunteer tourism opportunity, and the exchanges that take place between people and the sanctuary through ... -
Some aspects of child welfare in New Zealand : with special reference to factory legislation and industrial conditions, 1840-1890
(University of Canterbury, 1945)The children of New Zealand are probably the most fortunate in the world, for from ante-natal clinic to Vocational Guidance Centre the state watches over their welfare. This thesis is an attempt to find in the past the ...
