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Provincial architect with a competitive edge: Arthur Griffin, the early years
Get PDFArthur Reynolds Griffin was born in Nelson in 1883, and began architectural practice on his own account in that city in 1906. He quickly earned two important commissions by winning competitions for the design of the new Carnegie Library in Hokitika in 1906 and the relocated Nelson Girls' School the following year, kickstarting his career. The latter project led to his appointment as architect to the Nelson Education Board and further school jobs. By 1910, he had completed several prominent commissions in Nelson, including the replacement Trafalgar Hotel in the central city, the new Home for Old People in Waimea Road, and the imposing new premises for the Nelson Evening Mail. He went on to design numerous notable Nelson landmarks, such as: the Cawthron Steps in front of the cathedral (1913); Nelson Hospital (1925), since demolished; and the Trathen's Building in Trafalgar Street (1922), demolished in 2016. This paper will, however, focus on his early works, from the first decade of the twentieth century
The Impact of Family Memory on the Descendants of a Missionary-Settler Family
Get PDFHenry and William Williams came to New Zealand as missionaries to Maori in the 1820s. Today many of their descendants still believe the family has a special relationship with Maori. Life narrative interviews were analysed to explore the ways in which this belief plays out in the lives of 5th and 6th generation descendants. Many simply believe they have greater empathy with Maori than most Pakeha, but for some it has greater significance, providing them with a sense of identity and belonging. The family myth is shown to act synergistically with the modern ideology of biculturalism and other cultural myths
Berry's Paradox... Again
Get PDFThe paper is a discussion of whether Berry's Pardox presupposes the Principle of Excluded Middle, with particular reference to the work of Ross Brady
Anti-Exceptionalism about Logic
Get PDFAnti-exceptionalism about logic is the doctrine that logic does not require its own epistemology, for its methods are continuous with those of science. Although most recently urged by Williamson, the idea goes back at least to Lakatos, who wanted to adapt Popper's falsicationism and extend it not only to mathematics but to logic as well. But one needs to be careful here to distinguish the empirical from the a posteriori. Lakatos coined the term 'quasi-empirical' `for the counterinstances to putative mathematical and logical theses. Mathematics and logic may both be a posteriori, but it does not follow that they are empirical. Indeed, as Williamson has demonstrated, what counts as empirical knowledge, and the role of experience in acquiring knowledge, are both unclear. Moreover, knowledge, even of necessary truths, is fallible. Nonetheless, logical consequence holds in virtue of the meaning of the logical terms, just as consequence in general holds in virtue of the meanings of the concepts involved; and so logic is both analytic and necessary. In this respect, it is exceptional. But its methodologyand its epistemology are the same as those of mathematics and science in being fallibilist, and counterexamples to seemingly analytic truths are as likely as those in any scientic endeavour. What is needed is a new account of the evidential basis of knowledge, one which is, perhaps surprisingly, found in Aristotle
A Sea Change in the Law of Contract Interpretation?
Get PDFThis article challenges the recent extrajudicial argument of Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales, that there has been a "distinct sea change" in the law of contract interpretation as a result of the United Kingdom Supreme Court's decisions in Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank, Arnold v Britton and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd. He suggests that these decisions have the effect that Lord Hoffmann's well-known restatement of the law in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society, particularly his Lordship's fourth and fifth principles, no longer represent the law. In his view, the position now is that a court must give the words of a contract their plain meaning except "in a most exceptional case or a case of obvious absurdity". However, Professor McLauchlan argues that Sir Geoffrey reads more into the decisions than is warranted by the Supreme Court's reasoning and that Lord Hoffmann's restatement has survived largely unscathed. In substance, the reasoning spelt out what was either explicit or implicit in the restatement in the first place
Ethnography In and With Bodies: Embodied learning and the academic life
Get PDFThe body is a vital part of ethnographic experience and learning. This essay reflects on the complex work that the body does during ethnography, not just as an instrument for data collection, but as a means of collaboration, a site of embodied learning, and a conduit for connection and communication that is more-than-verbal. In this contribution we reflect on research engagements that have been profoundly embodied, involving deep embodied learning and communication, touch and connection in the contexts of childbirth, infant care, and midwifery. Building on experiences in China, Laos, New Zealand, and Australia, we discuss the richness and the challenges of consciously collaborating with, in, and via bodies and embodied communications. We also explore what might be learned from the embodied experience of ethnography that we can bring back into academic life: are there lessons we can learn from collaborating with bodies that can help us to thrive amongst the challenges of the neoliberal university
Call for Papers
Get PDFWe are pleased to open submissions for Volume 3, to be published December 2020. We accept standard research articles (6,000-8,000 words), as well as a range of other collaborative, creative and exploratory works (see out website for details: https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/ce/about). Deadline for Open Submissions is April 1, 2020. 
Mātauranga and Pūtaiao: the question of ‘Māori science’
Get PDFKa hoki atu te pepa nei ki te tohe mō te ‘Pūtaiao Māori’: ko tētahi taha e kī ana ko te Mātauranga Māori tētahi momo pūtaiao taketake nei nō mua mai; ko tērā atu taha e whakahē ana i taua kerēme. Ko ngā taha e rua e kaha whakapono ana ki ā rāua ake tohe, e kaupare ana hoki i ā tērā atu taha. Ki ētahi mātanga, ehara tēnei tohe i te wānanga noa iho nei, ko tētahi tauira ko ngā kaiako pūtaiao o ngā kura e pēhia nei e te haepapa kia eke ā rātou tauira Māori, e mahi nei hoki i raro i ngā kaupapa here o te ao mātauranga kua whakaaweawetia e te whakaaro kia pōwhiritia tēnei mea te ahureatanga ki ngā wāhanga katoa o te marautanga ā-kura.
This paper revisits the ‘Māori science’ debate: on one side, the claim that Mātauranga Māori is a traditional indigenous Māori form of science; on the other, the denial of such a claim. Both sides strongly believe in their arguments and reject those of the other side. This debate is more than simply academic for some practitioners, for example, school science teachers, who are increasingly held responsible for the achievement of their Māori students, and who are working under education policies influenced by ideas of including cultural content in all areas of the school curriculum
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