Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Jouissance & the sexual reality of the (two) unconscious
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The topic of jouissance and the sexual reality of the unconscious has been a key concern of mine from my initial years of practicing psychoanalysis in both its clinical and critical frameworks. For my PhD research, this ... -
Jouissance: a Cixousian encounter of the song of songs; Jouissance: living-reading
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This thesis, Jouissance, emerges at a distension of disciplinary borders, engaging the hermeneutics of the Hebrew Bible’s Song of Songs. In the milieu of exegetical readings, Jouissance asks “can she be read?” Jouissance ... -
Journalism and Everyday Trauma: A Grounded Theory of the Impact From Death-knocks and Court Reporting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)News is an emotional business (Richards, 2009, p. 308) Journalists are now often carrying out death-knock interviews early in their careers, whereby they are expected to interview the family or friends of a victim immediately ... -
Ka tangi te tītī, ka tangi te kākā, ka tangi hoki ahau: The creative potential of contemporary Māori music in promoting te reo Māori
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Ever since the advent of European colonization of New Zealand, Māori musicians and performers have adopted and interpreted many of the imported Western musical styles, often informed by and in combination with traditional ... -
Keep Sunday free: social engineering through shop trading hours in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to explore Social Engineering and how marketing communications may be able to affect it. This research takes a step back from other research in the area and considers the decision makers behind ... -
Ki-Ngā-Kōpuku: a Decentralised, Distributed Security Model for Cloud Computing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The research proposes a decentralised and distributed security model for Cloud Computing in the form of a development framework. The distributed nature of Cloud infrastructure makes it a very complex one. This research ... -
Kia hiwa rā! The Influence of Tikanga and the Language Revitalisation Agenda on the Practices and Perspectives of Māori Journalists Working in Reo-Māori News
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Many aspects of Māori society, both public and private, are structured and influenced by tikanga, a system of values, beliefs, rituals, obligations and cultural practices developed and reinforced through intergenerational ... -
Kinematics, Kinetics, and Electromyography of Vertical and Horizontal Hip Extension Exercises and Their Transference to Acceleration and Power
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The squat is a very popular exercise in resistance training, utilized by populations ranging from clinical to elite athletes. A myriad of literature has shown that squats are effective for improving strength, performance, ... -
Kinetics and kinematics of strength and power development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The use of the squat exercise (and its derivatives) in gym-based settings is widespread owing to perceived functional performance enhancing effects. In particular, there has been preponderance amongst practitioners with ... -
Kitesurfing: action, (inter)action and mediation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This thesis examines the actions, (inter)action and practices exemplified in the lifestyle sport of kitesurfing. The phenomenon of ‘lifestyle sport’ (Wheaton 2004b) has received increasing empirical attention over the past ... -
Ko au ko Te Umutaoroa, ko Te Umutaoroa ko au: Toward a Patuheuheu Hapū Development Model
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to construct a hapū (sub-tribal) development model that is based on the critical analysis and interpretation of a prophecy articulated by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki in 1886. This prophecy, ... -
Ko te awa tōku piringa ka puta, ka ora - he tangata, he whenua, he tangata whenua
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The Waikato river is regarded as the ancestor of the Waikato people and an instrinsic element of the people's identity, who's name is derived from the river. The people and their river are inextricably connected. This ... -
Kode Technology Modification of Nanofibres to Capture Particulates
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)With the continual rise in the levels of urban and industrial pollution, there is increased contamination of air and water by small particulate matter. Most of the current filtration methods can capture such particles by ... -
Land Rights and Empowerment of Urban Women, Fa’afafine and Fakaleitī in Samoa and Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The thesis addresses significant gaps in the existing knowledge on land rights in the Pacific, which are the voices of urban women, fa’afafine, and fakaleitī1. The lands concerned are customary land in Samoa, and Crown ... -
Leadership Interaction in Global Virtual Teams: Roles Models and Challenges
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Despite the value of virtual teams in delivering global public relations programmes across geographical boundaries, accessing participants from diverse cultures and providing 24-hour work cycles, global virtual teams are ... -
Leading Health Workforce Change: Insights from Experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)New Zealand has unique legislation that allows for the government to plan for, and to provide for, the health and wellbeing of its population. The pressures to continue to do so are enormous. This thesis describes the work ... -
Learning to Live in a Different Culture: A Phenomenographic Study of the Adaptation Experiences of Cultural-immersion Study-abroad Sojourners
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis investigates the learning required for study abroad sojourners to live effectively inside another culture. To live effectively in another culture, the research participants tracked in this thesis had to learn ... -
Learning to Program: The Development of Knowledge in Novice Programmers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This thesis presents a longitudinal study of novice programmers during their first year learning to program at university. The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which novice programmers ... -
“Leftover? No! I Am a Victorious Woman” Exploring the Identity of Sheng Nv in Contemporary China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)There has been a significant rise in the number of well-educated, highly paid, and independent unmarried women who have been officially defined as ‘leftover women’ in China. The contextualization of ‘leftover women’ in ... -
Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger 1861 (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) habitat ecology in the Waitakere Ranges, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Declines and extinctions of amphibian populations are a global dilemma with complex local causes, which should be viewed in the context of a much larger biodiversity crisis. As other animal groups, amphibians with restricted ...