Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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The irreverent form
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This is a practiced based research project that inquires into the language of contemporary abstract painting. My painting practice focuses on questions around the renewal and repetition of historical forms. Examining the ... -
Is a multi-touch gesture interface based on a tablet better than a smart phone for elderly users?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)With the increasing growth in the elderly population, the health care and social problems of this demographic have become an ongoing concern. Several studies have shown that touch-screen techniques might assist the elderly ... -
Is Auckland ready for Chinese travellers?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The Chinese tourists market has become the 4th largest inbound market for New Zealand in 2007; it also ranks 6th in terms of expenditure. Chinese visitors spent a total of NZ $352 million to the year December 2006, an ... -
Is Feminism a Trash Term to Use in New Zealand? An Investigation Into the Feelings Towards Feminism Using Emojis.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis explores the feelings towards Feminism and if these feelings can change through satirical styled art in New Zealand. This paper centres around the ideology of Standpoint Feminism. The research conducted was ... -
Is symmetrical communication in politics possible? A comparative study of communication practices among leading New Zealand and Norwegian political public relations practitioners
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This research compares New Zealand and Norwegian political public relations practice by using the Excellence Theory as the theoretical framework. The thesis applies a qualitative, interpretivist and comparative methodology ... -
“Is that sexism?”: A Thematic Analysis of the Labour Experiences of Women Working as Producers, Directors and Writers in New Zealand Television
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)During the 1980s, New Zealand’s Fourth Labour Government implemented a number of economic policy changes under the international influence of neoliberalism which resulted in major deregulation and reform to New Zealand ... -
Is/Land Life
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The fluidity of dislocation as an experience of transnational identity through moving images ABSTRACT This research project concerns itself with a paradoxical experience of dislocation as a consistent experience of belonging ... -
Isolation and Unease: An Exploration of How "Powdered Milk" Sits Within the Tradition of New Zealand Gothic Fiction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The creative thesis Powdered Milk weaves a Gothic rural psychological story, set in Otago in southern New Zealand. It explores complex individual histories and a burgeoning relationship in an interwoven tandem narrative ... -
Isomorphic Textiles: designing through technology in the medium of WholeGarment knitwear
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Over the last sixty years, knitting has evolved through new technology developments in the area of commercial knitwear. The birth of seamless knitwear in 1995 by Shima Seiki has become the pinnacle in cutting edge technology, ... -
It’s a partnership: yeah, right! An analysis of discourses of partnership between Government and Community Organisations in New Zealand (1999-2008)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This study explored the discourses of partnership between government and community organisations during the term of the fifth Labour-led Government (1999-2008). This government came to power with a policy of building ... -
It’s in the Bag – Stories of Identity Memory and Loss and the Short-Story Cycle
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This thesis consists of the creative work of The Handbag Tales, a short-story cycle of 10 interlinked tales based on the everyday objects found inside women’s handbags and the backstories of how they came to be kept or ... -
“It’s my think”: exploring critical literacy with low level EAL students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This study explores the use of a critical literacy approach in a class of language learners who had low levels of literacy. The particular focus was on the teacher‟s role in the process and how she could implement this ... -
It’s the financial oligarchy, stupid
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)News media depictions of the financial crisis promoted the idea that it was caused by greed and a lack of regulatory oversight. These explanations failed to adequately explain why the sector that controls the money in ... -
Jack of All Animation, Master of Hybrid Practices Through Experimentation With 2D and 3D Aesthetics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Animation has enabled the ability to tell stories through personal characters with intentions and varying personalities, allowing the creator to take complete control of their alternate universe (Besen & Hallett, ... -
Joining the Dots: Threads of Connection in Cam and the Bird-people (The Author’s Journey)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Exegesis Joining the Dots: Threads of Connection in Cam and the Bird-people (The Author’s Journey), discusses the author’s motivation for writing a middle-grade fantasy novel and examines selected elements of connection ... -
A Journey From Sympathy to Empathy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Ava is a happy, healthy child living in a middle-class family in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. However, as she grows up, she becomes increasingly aware of her mother’s irrational behaviour that stems from the emotional trauma ... -
Journey to Faith: A Creative Exploration of a Personal Journey to the Christian Faith
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Journey to Faith is a narrative sequence that draws on my experience of becoming a Christian. The story of the sequence follows the creation of a humanoid clay sculpture, which represents my Christian journey from an ... -
Journeys into Caring Community
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)There is a lack of literature specific to the longitudinal experiences of participants in socially-inclusive faith-based caring communities. Such communities often have participants who have suffered experiences of exclusion ... -
Junctures for knowing what you know: installation, site, process, material and object
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Junctures for knowing what you know: Installation, site, process, material and object is a reflexive studio based project that embraces human experiences of familiarity, anxiety, and awkwardness in an attempt to seduce the ... -
Juxtapose: An Exploration of the Technical and Aesthetic Potential of Print-based Augmented Reality Design
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This practice-led research project examines how the technological and aesthetic components of augmented reality (AR) serve to extend, enhance and disrupt print-based design. The outcome of the project is a conceptual ...