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 [119]
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Department of Geography [287]
Collections in Division of Humanities Departments
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Classics [33]
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College of Education [125]
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History and Art History [238]
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Law Collection [480]
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Philosophy [47]
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Politics [72]
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Visual Culture [2]
Recent Deposits
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The Dhammakāyānussati-kathā: A Trace of “Siam's Borān Buddhism” from the Reign of Rāmā I (1782-1809 CE.)
The Dhammakāya text genre appears in manuscripts, inscriptions, and printed texts found in Central Thailand, Northern Thailand, and Cambodia. Texts belonging to this genre share the same core Pāli verses, and date back ... -
The prehistoric exploitation and knowledge of geological resources in Southern Wairarapa.
(…) This thesis explores the use of the local and eternal geological environments by small groups of people living on the east coast of Palliser Bay, in southern Wairarapa. The rock types recovered from the archaeological ... -
'Odd men from the Pacific' : the participation of Pacific Island men in the 28 (Maori) Battalion in the Second World War
The Maori Battalion's wartime experience forms an important part of the New Zealand and Pacific Island heritage. This study explores the participation of Pacific Islanders in the 28 (Maori) Battalion during World War II. ... -
'Keeping ourselves safe' : investigating the development, implementation and reactions to the programme
This research project examined the development and implementation process of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' child sexual abuse protection programme developed by the New Zealand Police in collaboration with the Department of ... -
Surveillance and perception in world cinema : three case studies
This thesis examines the increasing centrality of surveillance devices, themes and concepts from varying social, theoretical and philosophical points of view by analysing and comparing three films. These films examine the ... -
So mote it be! : an anthropological investigation of contemporary feminist witchcraft
The aim of this thesis was to produce an ethnography of contemporary feminist witches and the practice of their 'craft' in New Zealand, particularly the Otago and Canterbury regions. Data was collected over a sixteen month ... -
The liability of local authorities for escapes
To some extent the style adopted in a legal exposition is determined by the object of the work and the nature of the subject matter. I have here attempted a critical restatement of the law relating to the liability of local ... -
Girls and outdoor education
This study set out to investigate the experiences of girls' in school outdoor education programmes. One hundred and sixty-eight fourth form girls from four Dunedin schools (two co-ed and two single-sex) responded to a ... -
The Tenability of Meaning Irrealism
The Kripke-Wittgenstein (KW) sceptical argument, presented in Chapter 2 of Kripke’s Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language (1982), concludes that there are no meaning facts. While realism has been denied for a great ... -
RESISTANCE IS NEVER WASTED - Defending Māori Cultural Heritage with Radical Planning
This thesis investigates the extent to which Māori (New Zealand’s indigenous people) are enabled to protect their cultural heritage within the existing heritage management regime. Current evidence suggests that there are ... -
Climate change and alpine catchment discharge
This thesis examines the impact of predicted global climate change on alpine catchment discharge from the eastern Southern Alps of Canterbury. The reasons for this assessment are twofold. Firstly, the water resources of ... -
Planning on tourism's fringe : an exploratory investigation of sustainable small-scale tourism planning on Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia
This research project examines planning for small-scale tourism development on Malaysia's Pangkor Island. As more developing countries are focusing economic growth strategies upon tourism, the impacts on the local level ... -
Pōwhiri: a face-to-face encounter
The ceremony of powhiri has become a regular feature of welcome ceremonies in present day Aotearoal New Zealand, including within government funded organizations. This study is centered on the exploration of the experiences ... -
A study of the family in New Zealand young-adult fiction, 1914-1996
This thesis explores 82 years of fiction written in New Zealand for adolescents. It has a particular emphasis on the portrayal of the immediate family and relationships within the extended or adopted family. The sample ... -
Translation technique and the moral theme : Gregory I's Libellus Responsionum in Book III of the Old English Bede
This thesis focusses upon a sample section of the Old English Historia Ecclesiastica Centis Anglorum, Gregory's Libellus Responsionum, in order to examine the technique of Bede's Old English translator and to argue that ... -
Mask & masquerade, performance & promise : carnival meets postmodernism in New Zealand women's theatre
Important connections between carnival spectacle and postmodern theatre are revealed when texts are explored from the perspective of performance. In performance ostensible stage 'realities' are created in which theatrical ... -
Linking Improvisation to Cultural Context: Bringing a Jazz Drumming Aesthetic to the Music of Diverse Cultures
This exegesis explores how differing musical languages can be used in collaboration to create new stylistic interpretations, whilst retaining distinct music-cultural voices. Through this research I will advance the field ... -
Our interests and Christ : the Christian existentialism of Helmut Rex
This thesis assesses both the historical and ongoing contribution to theology in New Zealand of Helmut Rex. Born in 1913 and educated in Berlin, Rex joined the Confessing Church as a trainee pastor and soon came into ...