Folk singers were once principal media sources by which news of national events was disseminated in what became the United Kingdom in 1707. Folk song has since been imbued with significance as a record of political events ...

This paper summarizes legislation in Scotland (some in place for over a century) and Zimbabwe (some in place for fifteen years) relating to Crofting and Communal Areas - both of which are forms of what in this paper has ...

Discussion of the rise of amateur theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, 1862 - 1868, and its associations with professional theatre in the city.

If, as Jacqueline Rose argues, the unconscious dreams of nations have purpose and effect in the world, how can we approach an understanding of ourselves as national subjects–as creatures of these dreams? We trail behind ...

Although literacy and print were essential tools of the colonial project ultimately designed to ‘amalgamate’ Māori into the modern Pākehā-dominated world, ironically they also helped in the evolution of a collective Māori ...

This paper relates an attempt to develop an integrated understanding of landscape values in the Akaroa Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand, as part of the author's PhD research. This case study sought to understand ...

This article explores the transmission of meaning via the body in the Māori performing arts through the medium of haka (Māori posture dances). Both the physical and spiritual aspects of Māori performance will be explored ...

Prior to European colonisation, the Māori people of New Zealand used whaikōrero1 (oration) as the primary medium for expressing opinion; presenting topics for discussion; and enabling decision-making regarding all matters ...

In the nineteenth century, the savage was an instance of the primordial primitive, a living fossil signifying past imperfection healed by time in the emerging evolution. In the twentieth century, the savage was no longer ...