Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland
Explore research and perspectives from the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Auckland. Academics from a range of disciplines discuss their find...
*Content warning: this episode includes discussions related to sex and intimacy. Listener discretion is advised. Dr Claire Meehan, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, joins our media adviser, Julianne Evans, to explore how we talk to young people about sex in the digital world. She also delves into her upcoming book on consent in the digital age, including the complexities of AI and deepfake technology. *All opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the guest and don't represent Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland or the Faculty of Arts and Education.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing in Pacific Communities
*Content warning: this episode includes discussions of suicide that may be potentially triggering.
Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau is the University's first Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific, and a researcher with a focus on climate change and Pacific mental health.
Jemaima shares her journey of becoming a professor, and discusses the importance of creating a sense of community to support people around us.
Read more: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/09/19/five-generations-heralds-birth-of-professor.html
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100 Years of Netball in Aotearoa
Netball has been the most popular game for girls and women in New Zealand for a century. As a fan and former player, Dr Margaret Henley researches the social history of netball and shares how she tracked down a rare film shot in 1932. Margaret also tells the stories of the sport's pioneers such as Jessie Knapp and the role it has in the intergenerational wellbeing of Aotearoa women.
Read more: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/09/26/the-pioneers-of-netball.html
"Our Game" Exhibition: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/our-game
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Global Visions and the World Order
Associate Professor Chris Ogden is the Programme Director of Global Studies at UoA and specialises in the dynamics of power and identity in Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
He discusses how the pandemic revealed authoritarian tendencies in different countries. Using the social credit system in China as an example, he also talks about how technology could be used by regime, and how some degrees of a similar system exists in our societies.
Learn more about Global Studies: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/global-studies.html
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Medieval Mermaids and Modern Beauty
Professor Kim Phillips is a historian with a special
interest in the history of gender, sexuality, and women in the medieval period.
Kim’s latest project delves into women who lived in the Middle Ages and the four iconic archetypal images that surrounded them: mermaids, nursemaids, milkmaids,
and hags.
She discusses the meanings attached to the female body during that time, and how the ideals of beauty shift in the modern, globalised world that we are in.
Read more: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/05/13/of-mermaids-and-male-fantasies.html
Explore research and perspectives from the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Auckland. Academics from a range of disciplines discuss their findings, breaking down important and often complex topics. Gain a deeper understanding of the past and present, and learn how we can build better, more informed futures.
*The views expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the University or the Faculty.
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