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Pacific Consumer Acculturation in New Zealand: Understanding the dynamics of consumption using video diaries
No full textNew Zealand, the land of milk and honey, is the „dream‟ of many Pacific people. Expectations of New Zealand were high as Pacific people dreamt of „the better life‟ from migrated family members who retold their experiences confirming their version of life in New Zealand. Many Pacific migrants came with the intention of improving the lives of their families and for themselves. Positioned within the situational context of understanding Pacific migrants isolated from their culture, this thesis aims to understand how island-born Pacific people acculturate to New Zealand society as consumers. The research question centers on understanding how Pacific people living in New Zealand experience consumer acculturation.
This research founded on a critical ethnographic stance addresses traditionally unbalanced power relations between researcher and participant and ensures participants are in control of their involvement in the study. Video diaries are used to capture routine, daily experiences of Pacific consumers. Participants narrated and reflected on their lives in New Zealand and considered how this differed from their lives in the islands. Video diaries were conducted with nine participants from two cities in New Zealand; Hamilton and Dunedin. Participants are from; Samoa (3), Tonga (2), Fiji (3) and Cook Islands (1). Each participant is tasked with recording aspects of their lives for the duration of 6 to 8 weeks, meeting regularly with the researcher to discuss progress, change tapes, and, most importantly build a relationship. Upon completion of the diary fieldwork stage, the researcher and participant meet for a final interview to collaborate on themes and clarify any issues outstanding.
Participant narratives are expressed within five storylines: premigration expectations; change of the collective; becoming an individual; consumption desires; and, cultural maintenance. These storylines explore themes surrounding the consumer acculturation process in New Zealand. They illustrate that the reality of life in New Zealand varies considerably from participants‟ initial expectations. Participants acknowledged that they needed to become more independent and take on more individualistic values to fit into their new environment. Participants attempted to maintain aspects of their culture, in particular, the "circle of giving" through obligation. However, this was not always possible.
Consumer acculturation appeared throughout the everyday experiences of participants. This included; in public and private situations, in the home, work and at social occasions. Individual adaptation of consumption values from Pacific to Western pervaded all areas of participant lives. By looking at contemporary Pacific consumption patterns we learn that there is similarity to previous patterns of Western consumption. Consumption feeds the desires of many Pacific people to want more, have more, own more and replaces more traditional values like community ownership and reciprocity. A process of consumer acculturation developed from these understandings, highlights the movement of participants as they graduate to-and-from different phases of the process, i.e., from the dream, to the reality of life in New Zealand.
Understanding individual journeys of Pacific consumers highlights the acculturation processes that Pacific people go through to merge into New Zealand society. Through this insight, the meaning of consumption is considered and in turn how this translates to the wider culture, both in New Zealand and in the Pacific. Through understanding these consumption meanings and experiences, we consider ways to alleviate negative consumer acculturative experience. The bigger picture brings us back to questioning the relevance and structure of a consumer lifestyle. Within a New Zealand context, Pacific consumers would benefit from the integration of their core values into their daily lives and the embracing of their value system by wider societal structures. Seeking solutions from collective methods would encourage the retention of cultural values. Undoubtedly taking the "the best from both worlds" would be the ultimate route to navigating life in New Zealand
Combination of Pretreatment with White Rot Fungi and Modification of Primary and Secondary Cell Walls Improves Saccharification
No full textPlant cell walls have protective and structural functions conferring resistance to degradation. The lignin and hemicellulose network surrounding the cellulose microfibrils is insoluble unless subjected to harsh treatments. As lignin, pectin and xylan are effective barriers to cellulose extraction and hydrolysis, reducing their presence in cell walls improves saccharification. Microorganisms that can depolymerise lignin are of extreme interest to the biofuel industry. White rot fungi can be effective in pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass prior to saccharification. Here, we show the cumulative effects of pretreating biomass with two white rot fungi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes cingulata, on tobacco lines with reduced lignin or xylan, caused by suppression of the CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE, CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE, TOBACCO PEROXIDASE 60 or UDP-GLUCURONATE DECARBOXYLASE and on Arabidopsis thaliana with reduced de-esterified homogalacturonan content, obtained by overexpressing a pectin methyl esterase inhibitor or constitutively expressing the Aspergillus nigerPOLYGALACTURONASE II gene. Tests were extended to fresh material from an Arabidopsis mutant for a cell wall peroxidase. We demonstrate that fungal pretreatment is a reliable method of improving cellulose accessibility in biofuel feedstocks, fresh material and cell wall residues from different plants. These results contribute to the understanding of the consequences of primary and secondary cell wall perturbations on lignocellulosic biomass accessibility to white rot fungi and on saccharification yield. A comparison of the effects of P. chrysosporium and T. cingulata on tobacco saccharification also highlights the limitation of current knowledge in this research field and the necessity to systematically test culture conditions to avoid generalisations. © 2014 The Author(s)
Letter from J.W. Cook to Thomas Lamb Eliot
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/5e17b7c9-4bca-4fcf-8784-0915783532dd/thumb/128.jpgIt is possible that the author is James W. Cook, who was an important figure in the establishment of the Portland Unitarian Church
Letter from J.W. Cook to Thomas Lamb Eliot
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/c9f13811-9c93-449b-8b79-31dd26e7a981/thumb/128.jpgIt is probable that the author is James W. Cook, who was an important figure in the establishment of the Portland Unitarian Church
Letter from J.W. Cook to Thomas Lamb Eliot
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/413865c0-390a-449d-9d4e-f69f66754b8e/thumb/128.jpgIt is possible that the author is James W. Cook, who was an important figure in the establishment of the Portland Unitarian Church
Letter from J.W. Cook to Thomas Lamb Eliot
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/48a1abe6-3896-473b-bc17-0796ead5e587/thumb/128.jpgIt is probable that the author is James W. Cook, who was an important figure in the establishment of the Portland Unitarian Church
Oral History Interview with Robert Cook-Deegan
No full textThis interview with Bob Cook-Deegan, MD, is part of “Moral Histories: Voices and Stories from the Founding Figures of Bioethics,” an oral history project of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Prof. Cook-Deegan is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He was the founding director of the Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy at Duke University’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. He served at the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress where he contributed to major reports on emerging biomedical technologies and their societal impacts. He is the author of The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome, a comprehensive account of the struggle to launch the Human Genome Project. His areas of expertise include genomics, genetic policy, Open Science, health technology, and public policy.
Bob Cook-Deegan recounts his childhood in Denver as the son of a physician. He discusses his early academic career, his undergraduate years at Harvard, his time at the University of Colorado Medical School, and his decision to pursue medical research. He also talks about becoming a father and maintaining a work-life balance with his two children and wife, Kathryn. Cook Deegan shares his experience researching Alzheimer’s disease, as well as his rotation at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Cook-Deegan details his work at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), including reports on aging, biotech, and the Human Genome Project, and offers an account of its eventual demise due to political changes. Other topics include the history of the Bermuda Principles, the role of political administrations on health policy, the current turn to Open Science, and Cook-Deegan's own relationship to collecting oral histories. He concludes the conversation with a reflection on the Trump administration’s recent decision to cut funding for many science-funding agencies
Oral History Interview with Robert Cook-Deegan
No full textThis interview with Bob Cook-Deegan, MD, is part of “Moral Histories: Voices and Stories from the Founding Figures of Bioethics,” an oral history project of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Prof. Cook-Deegan is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He was the founding director of the Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy at Duke University’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. He served at the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress where he contributed to major reports on emerging biomedical technologies and their societal impacts. He is the author of The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome, a comprehensive account of the struggle to launch the Human Genome Project. His areas of expertise include genomics, genetic policy, Open Science, health technology, and public policy.
Bob Cook-Deegan recounts his childhood in Denver as the son of a physician. He discusses his early academic career, his undergraduate years at Harvard, his time at the University of Colorado Medical School, and his decision to pursue medical research. He also talks about becoming a father and maintaining a work-life balance with his two children and wife, Kathryn. Cook Deegan shares his experience researching Alzheimer’s disease, as well as his rotation at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Cook-Deegan details his work at the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), including reports on aging, biotech, and the Human Genome Project, and offers an account of its eventual demise due to political changes. Other topics include the history of the Bermuda Principles, the role of political administrations on health policy, the current turn to Open Science, and Cook-Deegan's own relationship to collecting oral histories. He concludes the conversation with a reflection on the Trump administration’s recent decision to cut funding for many science-funding agencies
A chart of part of the south coast of Newfoundland [cartographic material] : includingthe islands St. Peters and Miquelon, from an actual survey /
No full textDetailed chart of part of the Newfoundland, Canadian coast with relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings.; "Scale to the general chart English and French leagues 20 to a degree"; Accompanied by booklet: Directions for navigating on part of the south coast of Newfoundland, with a chart thereof, including the islands of St. Peter's and Miquelon ... / by James Cook. London : Printed for the author, and sold by J.Mount and T. Page on Tower-Hill, 1766. 32 p. : 24 cm.; Insets: Harbours of St. Laurence; Harbour [of] Briton.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm423
Where Participatory Approaches Meet Pragmatism in Funded (Health) Research: The Challenge of Finding Meaningful Spaces
No full textThe term participatory research is now widely used as a way of categorising research that has moved beyond researching "on" to researching "with" participants. This paper draws attention to some confusions that lie behind such categorisation and the potential impact of those confusions on qualitative participatory research in practice. It illuminates some of the negative effects of "fitting in" to spaces devised by other types of research and highlights the importance of forging spaces for presenting participatory research designs that suit a discursive approach and that allow the quality and impact of such research to be recognised. The main contention is that the adoption of a variety of approaches and purposes is part of the strength of participatory research but that to date the paradigm has not been sufficiently articulated. Clarifying the unifying features of the participatory paradigm and shaping appropriate ways for critique could support the embedding of participatory research into research environments, funding schemes and administration in a way that better reflects the nature and purpose of authentic involvement
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