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Full text linkGuy standing’s words have served as the launching point from which this book began. The book is a call for us all to renew our commitment and dedication to building diverse and powerful movements for a secure, stable and equitable society. To do so we must address inequality, as all peoples within our communities experience it. The book offers a revived purpose: not to surrender to economic and social practices as if they were inevitable and immutable but rather to pursue a common security that would enhance our communities
Introduction
Full text linkThe concept of the precariat links to situations and experiences of uncertainty, dependency, powerlessness, perilousness and insufficiency. In one sense, precarity refers to the negative consequences for the wellbeing and survival of citizens following the gradual dismantling of the welfare state and union representation; in another related sense, it refers to the changing nature of work that becomes intermittent, insecure and insufficient. Precarity emerges within the global context of a neoliberal economic system that demands greater (job, skill, employment, time) flexibility among individuals so as to improve market competition on a global level
Go Home Stay Home: A case study into the socio-political factors behind homelessness. Its barriers to desistance and the impacts on the Criminal Justice Sector in New Zealand
No full textFull Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.Homelessness is a crucial marker of inequality and poverty and is a growing issue both internationally and in New Zealand. Social inequalities and system injustices affect health outcomes such as homelessness which significantly impacts the criminal justice sector. Through critically engaging with scholarly literature, this study aims to explore the historical, systemic, political, and broader socially constructed factors that have fractured certain groups in New Zealand. The practices of racialised policing through the criminalisation of homeless people has contributed to the soaring numbers of people incarcerated in New Zealand, particularly those from Indigenous people and minoritised groups, which is strongly reflected in the demographics of New Zealand’s current prison muster. This study explores the impact legislations such as the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act, Three Strikes Law and Bail Reform Act have had on the criminal justice sector, which have collectively contributed to increasing prison populations. A single case study of a homeless man from the ‘More than bricks and mortar: Homelessness and social reintegration’ project from 2007 is used to draw on examples of why desistance is proving to be more difficult for some people, particularly minoritised groups, than the general population. This study also looks at the current social models to address the homeless issue in New Zealand
Kinship and Entanglement: Reimagining Pākehā Approaches to Psychology
No full textThe relationship between Māori and Pākehā is shaped by histories of colonisation and resistance, solidarity and reciprocity. Our histories and futures are intertwined, and Pākehā have a responsibility to show up in ways that honour and respect our relationship with Māori and Aotearoa. Western psychology and its underlying philosophies constrain our ability to create culturally anchored and localised approaches to psychological knowledge production and practice by framing knowledge as a universal, objective truth. Embracing diversity, complexity, and the presence of multiple worlds disrupts the hegemony and homogeneity of Western psychology. Through an exploration of our ancestral and cultural stories and practices, Pākehā have an opportunity to reimagine how we approach psychology and strengthen our relationship with Māori.
Through interviews, the eight participants shared stories of their families, histories, and lives. Using a bricolage approach, this research combined multiple methods, theories, and ideas to create a dialogical, iterative analytic process. The ideas of kinship and entanglement emerged from the interwoven stories, practices, and theories. The chapter on kinship captures the stories and practices that demonstrate our deep connection and relationship with land(s), ancestors, and histories. Through the concept of kinship, this research considers the potential for Pākehā to embrace relational approaches to psychological knowledge production and practice. The chapter on entanglement explores the deeply intertwined relationship between Māori and Pākehā. The concepts of dialogical multiplication, disquieting experiences, and encounters illustrate the process of bringing two cultures into reciprocal, balanced dialogue. This thesis closes with an invitation to consider the practical applications of kinship and entanglement in responding to entangled, planetary problems, creating new stories, and strengthening our relationship with Māori
Whakamate: Exploring media depictions of Māori suicide and its impacts on treatment and intervention
No full textNew Zealand health statistics demonstrate that Māori are at greater risk of suicide and
mental distress. The mass media have a major influence in defining Māori prioritisation and
wellness. The media has encouraged discriminatory actions towards Māori in ways that
hinder Māori health and flourishing. In this thesis, I have chosen to critically interrogate the
mainstream media coverage of Mike Kings' Gumboot Friday (GBF) appeal. This thesis aims
to discuss the issues of mainstream media representation of Māori and interrogate the
direction of media coverage and how journalists can make changes to the way they view and
present news coverage of events regarding minority individuals and groups. These
investigations will accentuate the importance of mutual and direct engagement between
journalists, Māori, and other minority groups in society to make a positive change in the
equitable delivery of our health system. In the first section of the thesis, I briefly consider the
impacts that New Zealand inequitable health structures have on Māori, Māori understandings
of suicide, and media activism and ethical practices. In the second section, I present the
methodology and investigation, which explains how I went about conducting the data
collection using a Text-in-Context analytical approach to help steer and direct the research. In
the third section, I present a plot synopsis that demonstrates my findings and the different plot
points within the news articles. In the fourth section, I present a critical consideration of the
construction of Māori suicide; individual deficits; constructs of system inadequacies; episodic
frameworks; the role of framing journalism and mainstream media. Moreover, I argue how
the first four articles across the data reproduced a narrow public dialogue which impedes
critical thinking and effective responses based on biased media representations of Māori, and
an oppressive health system. The fifth section of this thesis considers the mainstream media's
construction of Māori advocating for Māori suicide, resulting from an individual deficit,
which is relative to the literature reviewed in this thesis. I conclude this thesis by discussing
alternative ways of producing journalism, providing journalists with more effective ways to
understand the complexities of dishonest media representations
The emotional landscape of reo Māori learning in Ōtautahi
No full textIn 1972, the Māori Language Petition was delivered to the Parliament steps of Aotearoa New
Zealand (NZ), kickstarting a movement to revitalise the Indigenous language, te reo Māori,
after generations of violent suffocation under British colonialism. The language revitalisation
movement is a prominent frontier of Māori resistance and continues fiercely into the present
with macro-strategies for the renormalisation of te reo within wider Aotearoa NZ society, and
targeted micro-strategies for the reestablishment of intergenerational transmission of te reo in
Māori homes and communities. Demand for Māori language learning is reaching
unprecedented levels and, though exciting and promising for the future of te reo and the
wellbeing of Māori peoples, there are still growing pains that must be navigated with care as
the nation moves forward towards bilingualism.
This thesis is a collaborative exploration of the emotional learning experiences of six
second-language adult learners of te reo Māori based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Rooted in
Kaupapa Māori theory, Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and decolonial solidarities, this study
adopts a bricolage approach to research. Through biographical interviews, autophotographic
projects, photo elicitation interviews, and the construction of photo-poetry as an analytic tool,
it becomes apparent that learning te reo Māori opens portals for learners to understand
themselves in a way that is reminiscent of the creation of the Māori world—mai i te kore, ki
te pō, ki te ao mārama
Ko e ngaahi a’usia ‘o e nofo ‘i lelenga ‘a e ongo famili Tonga ‘i Aotearoa: The experiences of Tongan families living in precarity in Aotearoa.
No full textPrecarity is when an individual often finds themselves insecure and uncertain to meet basic
necessity on a daily. This relates to the realities of Pacific Peoples despite living in Aotearoa for many
decades. For this thesis, I had the privilege to interview two Tongan families that expressed their
experiences on precarity, daily. We aim to document and understand the role of work, policy, and
wellbeing in the everyday lives of Tongan households. We wanted to document why having a job or
two is often not enough to these families to resolve the issues of poverty.
The Kakala framework was in cooperate into research as an overarching framework and was
treated as the foundational basis between a researcher and a participant. The Kakala framework is
embedded with Tongan values, and it allows the researchers to use its process during the recruitment
stage. Once the process is finalized, we incorporate a Pacific tool that can also be a methodology. This
Pacific tool was talanoa because it allowed these families to talk freely about their experience in
relation to precarity without feeling anxious in a formal setting. In the process of talanoa we then
included photo-elicitation in one of our interviews where it allows participants to take photos of their
interest and asked to elaborate the significant of each photo to precarity. Although utilizing photoelicitation in Pacific research is rare, its open dialogue for families to use photos to talk about past
experiences and tie connections to their current situation.
Our findings suggest that precarity affects the livelihoods of Tongan families in Aotearoa
with regards to housing condition living in a cold, moldy and damp home often increases negative
impacts on individuals. Furthermore, despite their circumstance both families were still connected and
heavily involved in their community and church.
The importance of understanding the complexities of precarity may consider how to inform
policies that may provide a better living condition for Tonga People. Thus, providing more research
may increase the chance for policies changes in the government to provide a better living for these
families
Experiences and Perspectives of Adulthood Among Women Who Are Attracted to Women Living in Aotearoa/ New Zealand
No full textPrevious literature on contemporary adulthood has been largely based on the perspectives and
experiences of heterosexual adults. Although there is little empirical research that explores
sexually diverse peoples’ experiences and perspectives of adulthood, related literature on
heteronormativity, mononormativity, homonormativity, and queer temporality suggests that
being sexually diverse has wide ranging effects on a woman’s life. It is therefore theorised a
women’s sexuality may also impact her experience and perspective of adulthood. This
qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences and perspectives of adulthood among
sexually diverse women living in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. A total of 22 women who were
attracted to women, aged between 25-55 years, were recruited. Seven semi-structured focus
groups, each with two to five participants, were held. The data was analysed using reflexive
thematic analysis and four themes were developed. The first theme, ‘we all know what we
mean by ‘adult’’, focused on how participants referred to, and understood, heteronormative
conventional adulthood. The next two themes described how participants framed themselves
with regards to conventional adulthood, and the narratives they used to validate and legitimise
their sexually diverse adulthoods. The second theme, ‘we aspire to be just like you (our straight
peers)’, describes how, at times, participants positioned themselves as aspiring to live an
adulthood as similar as possible to the adulthood of their heterosexual counterparts. The third
theme, ‘being queer means the adulthood rulebook no longer applies’, described how, at times,
participants positioned their adulthood as less defined and fundamentally different to the
adulthood of their heterosexual peers. Finally, the last theme, ‘we yearn to be around people
‘like us’’ described one significant way that sexually diverse women coped with navigating a
narrative of heteronormative conventional adulthood that had not been constructed with them
in mind – through connecting with others who had similar experiences and perspectives to
them. These findings suggest the importance of mental health clinicians being well informed
about how sexuality can impact the experiences and perspectives of adulthood for their clients.
This research may help clinicians better understand and relate to sexually diverse women who
are navigating this life stage
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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