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Body | Sense Experience: An Architecture of Atmosphere and Light

Amour, Sol (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis explores notions of the immaterial and metaphysical in architecture. It seeks to ‘elicit a sense of wonder’ in a participant of experiential space by promoting awareness of the metaphysical through atmosphere, ...
Bog Bodies: Archaeological Narratives and Modern Identity.

Stewart, Lydia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Lindow Man, the British Bog Body discovered in 1984, and the Danish examples Tollund and Grauballe Men, discovered in 1950 and 1952, represent quite literally the violent face of a confrontational past. But what exactly ...
Books as social currency: Robert Coupland Harding and the field of book collecting in New Zealand 1880-1920

Hughes, M.A. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

“Here, indeed, lies the whole miracle of collecting,” Jean Baudrillard asserted, “it is invariably oneself that one collects” (“Systems of Collecting” 12). If Baudrillard's premise that a collection is itself a representation ...
Brain Gain in Fiji? How do past emigrants’ experiences shape the education decisions and emigration plans of tertiary students in Fiji?

Mudaliar, Lakshmin Aashnum (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis examines the case of Fijian youths’ increasing demand for higher education in order to explore the brain gain theorem. Its primary aim is to understand how past emigrants’ experiences shape the education decisions ...
Branding The Corporate Winery

Sansom, Finn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Corporate branding can be an important part of a company’s communication strategy. The corporate identity shapes how a company is known and perceived by the public. Logo’s, jingles, products and advertising are only part ...
Brass Multiphonics in Jazz

van Dijk, Nick (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Multiphonics is the production of more than one tone at a time from an instrument that would normally play a single line. The aim of this work is to identify and explore the elements of multiphonics as played by jazz ...
Breaking the Circle of One: Reflection in Montessori Early Childhood Centres in Aotearoa New Zealand

Pickering, Ana (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Little is currently known about how teachers in New Zealand Montessori early childhood centres reflect on Montessori philosophy and practice individually and collaboratively within teaching teams. The purpose of this ...
Breathing Through their Noses: Candidate Selection and Role Adaptation amongst First-Term MPs in the New Zealand Parliament

Barnes, Steven (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Sir Keith Holyoake, New Zealand Prime Minister from 1960 to 1972, famously counselled first-term Members of Parliament to ‘breathe through their noses’, suggesting that it was in their best interests to keep their heads ...
Breeding biology and post-fledging dispersal of red-crowned parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) translocated to a fenced mainland sanctuary

Irwin, Ellen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

With human impacts like habitat destruction and climate change contributing to range contractions in species, translocations stand out as an important tool for conserving species suffering from these effects. However, an ...
The BRI and AIIB: A Challenge to the Liberal International Order?

Whyte, Thomas (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

First announced in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a central component of Chinese foreign policy under the presidency of Xi Jinping. Given the scope and vision of the BRI, several fundamental questions ...
The Bride of the Desert

Hunter-Wilson, Megan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The Syrian civil war has caused the largest global migration in history, where more than 11 million refugees have been forced to leave their home country due to political conflict. In January 2016 Angela Merkel announced ...
Bridging Barriers: Study of Refugee Integration in New Zealand Communities

Saini, Gaganpreet (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

New Zealand is one of the 26 nations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who participate in a regular refugee resettlement program (“New Zealand Refugee Quota Programme”). It is also one of the few ...
Bridging the Distance: Accommodating Wildlife Interaction in an Urban Setting.

Thomson, Michaela (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Currently within the Wellington region there is an abundance of green spaces hosting a variety of native and exotic wildlife species (Rastandeh, Brown, & Pedersen Zari, 2018; “The Sanctuary,” 2018). These species are ...
Bridging the Gap

Findlater, Samuel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Traditional urban design approaches often develop neighbourhoods with a ‘top-down’ method, where minimal community engagement is used. Even projects that employ a ‘bottom-up’ approach can fail to connect with the community ...
Bridging the Gulf, Taking the Risk: an Exploration of "Relationships" in Katherine Mansfield's 'Juliet', 'Brave Love', and 'Prelude'

Beauchamp, Jeannie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

The introduction of this thesis examines Katherine Mansfield’s belief that elements of a fictional work should be “related”. Passages in her literary reviews, journals, and letters state or imply her conviction that such ...
Bridging the physical and virtual with mobile media

Lam, Steven (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis examines how mobile technologies can contribute towards bridging physical and virtual space through interactive, and location-specific, media experiences. Building on a research analysis of contextual discussions ...
Bring Back the Bach

Woolley, Isabella (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

The historic informal architecture of New Zealand’s coastline is precise; it’s small, modest, individual, and ultimately exhibits the concept that less, is more. This architectural heritage is the bach. It’s an icon on the ...
Bringing a Gender Perspective to the Peace Table: Women in Myanmar’s Peace Process

Thein, Zin Mar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Ethnic division and inequality lie at the heart of Myanmar's internal conflicts. In these conflicts, ethnic women are the most vulnerable group based on their ethnicity and gender. They are not only victims of violence, ...
Bringing Our Boy Home: the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Its Visitors, and Contemporary War Remembrance in New Zealand

Phipps, Gareth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

In November 2004 the remains of an unknown New Zealand soldier from the First World War were brought home from France and placed in the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (TUW) outside the National War Memorial (NWM) in Wellington. ...
Bringing the German Pavilion Back Home

Wright, Jessica (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This research investigates a correspondence between the architectural representational tool of drawing, and the translations of these into something recognised as ‘built’. It is fundamentally concerned around representation ...