About this research
This research project asked the question “What new and interesting performance works can be created when two or more music traditions talk to each other, and can these culturally hybrid artistic forms communicate knowledge about a musical other?” Dr Te Oti Rakena explored new ways of approaching performance practice and studio practice, extending the parameters of the research question beyond music tradition to include dance traditions, and studied Estill Vocal models that include genres beyond the classical. The result was a series of 12 workshops held in 2008 in Auckland.
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Lynley Uerata (Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Tahinga), University of Waikato
The proposed research will explore the precarious realities of eight Māori households and their culturally-patterned responses to socio-economic marginalisation.
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Literature suggests that precariat persons are becoming increasingly alienated from civic life and their rights are being eroded as they are transformed from citizens to morally and materially marginalised denizens (Hodgetts et al., 2013; 2014; Standing, 2014). Through examining factors that support and impinge upon their precarious reality and capacity for human flourishing. the research will generate a detailed profile and understanding of these people who are often judged for the precarious realities they contend with.
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