Division of Humanities Departments
Apart from being able to specialise in traditional core disciplines (such as History, Philosophy and Music), Humanities students may also choose among a variety of new interdisciplinary programmes such as Asian Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Performing Arts), as well as programmes that lead to professional qualifications in Law and Teaching. Students taking Humanities at Otago are encouraged to combine their liberal studies with papers and programmes that have a professional or vocational orientation, especially by doing a double degree for example, BA/BCom, BA/LLB, or BA/BTchg(Prim).
Sub-communities within Division of Humanities Departments
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Department of English [120]
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Department of Geography [292]
Collections in Division of Humanities Departments
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Classics [33]
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College of Education [127]
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History and Art History [245]
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Law Collection [483]
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Philosophy [49]
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Politics [75]
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Visual Culture [2]
Recent Deposits
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How Theology Shapes Practice in Faith-Based Organisations Supporting Families in New Zealand
The biblical imperatives for Christians to love their neighbour (Matt 22:39; Mark 12:31), care for widows and orphans (Jam 1:27), seek the good of the communities in which they are located (Jer 29:7), and respond to the ... -
When two worlds meet : an examination of the intersection between scientific views of genetic testing and the realm of popular culture
This thesis explores the variety of ways in which scientific views of genetic testing are portrayed in the realm of popular culture. As a case study, I have used the identification of the gene for hereditary stomach cancer ... -
Church Responses to Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Samoa
This is a research report from a New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research Project (August 2017-December 2018), which was conducted as a partnership between Piula Theological College, National University of Samoa, University ... -
Engaging with communities for climate change adaptation: introducing Community Development for Adaptation
In the years to come, many of New Zealand’s urban settlements are likely to be impacted by climate-induced hazards such as sea level rise, coastal erosion, flooding and rising groundwater levels, and some are already being ... -
A Synoptic Scale Meteorological Investigation of Springtime Frost Incidence in Cromwell
The onset of a frost can cause millions of dollars of lost profit due to damage to the grapevine buds utilized for the production of world class wines. The aim of this thesis is to assess the synoptic controls on springtime ... -
“I’m in two minds about it” : decision variability in child protection
Decisions in the child protection context take place in a complex environment influenced by individual decision-makers, institutional resources and practices,demographic inequalities, and family responses. While some ... -
Atomic Reactions: How and Why States Respond to Nuclear Proliferation
How do states react to countries pursuing nuclear weapons? And why? These questions are central to both academic and policy debates about the consequences of proliferation and speak directly to current challenges in nuclear ... -
Towards a New Approach to Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand? A Critical Analysis of DOC and Fonterra’s Conservation Partnership: The Living Water Program.
This research is situated at the intersection of three highly complex and important spaces for the sustainability of Aotearoa New Zealand. The spaces of freshwater, conservation and dairy farming have become increasingly ... -
Stone tool production at Cat's Eye Point, Kā̄kanui, North Otago, New Zealand
This thesis exammes a lithic assemblage from Cat's Eye Point (142/4), Kakanui, North Otago, New Zealand. This Archaic site was excavated during 1996 and 1997 and the lithic assemblage was collected from 4 lm2 excavated ... -
Things of Roviana : material culture, personhood and agency in nineteenth century Solomon Islands
The following research examines how material culture was used to negotiate social relationships through exchange, in nineteenth century Roviana lagoon, Solomon Islands. Recent debates in Melanesian anthropology have focused ... -
The taphonomy of big-game hunting in prehistoric New Zealand
This thesis examines patterns of bone remains from big-game hunting in New Zealand archaeological sites, and the origins of these patterns from a taphonomic viewpoint. Taphonomy, as a subdiscipline within archaeology, ... -
Communication and people with severe intellectual disabilities
This study IS concerned with communication assessment and intervention with people with severe intellectual disabilities. It proposes that since communication arises as a result of people interacting in social contexts ... -
Objectives and priorities in New Zealand's foreign policy in Asia 1949-75 : a study of the issue of the recognition of the People's Republic of China and of security policies in South-east Asia.
The evolution of New Zealand's policies concerning the diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China and concerning the security of South-east Asia is examined with a view to identifying the major objectives ... -
Alta vistas : an analysis of New Zealand children's cultural knowledges of 'rurality'
This thesis presents a cultural analysis of children's constructions of 'rurality'. Drawing on academic research within contemporary cultural, rural and children's geography the study focuses on issues of social construction, ... -
Black light/whiteness rests my mind: Evocations of the spiritual in the art and practice of Ralph Hotere and Joanna Margaret Paul
This dissertation examines the art and practices of two Aotearoa New Zealand artists Ralph Hotere (1931-2013) and Joanna Margaret Paul (1945-2003) with a specific focus on their spiritual sensibilities, and in response to ... -
Cooking with Gas: Māori and the coming energy transition
This paper presents an Indigenous and Māori perspective about the need for urgent energy transitions by examining three areas: • Climate change transition, which I define as an energy transition to a largely non-fossil-fuel ... -
Labour groups and railway construction in Otago, 1869-1873
This long essay is concerned with identifying labour groups involved in railway construction in Otago between the years 1869- 1873. Once identified the object is to see whether any of these groups fit a "railway navvy" ... -
Phormium tenax in New Zealand history
At the outset of my research on this subject, I was given the opportunity of interviewing an old flax-miller at Foxton, Mr. E. W. Sutton, who, while giving me considerable valuable material, told how many men, during their ... -
The Feingold diet and selected behaviour levels : a double blind experiment with multiple tartrazine challenges.
The presence of a relationship between the ingestion of artificial food colours and a change in the frequency and/or duration of selected behaviours that are representative of the hyperactive behaviour syndrome was ...