100-level

CULT114
Te Patu a Maui: The Treaty of Waitangi - facing and overcoming colonisation
Description
Through focus on the themes of Power, Property and Citizenship, this course examines the historical realities of the Treaty, enabling an understanding of the modern colonial nation state and its processes with respect to Indigenous peoples. The course examines Maori responses, engagement with, and resistance to the colonial project leading to a critical understanding of colonialism.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2025
Semester Two 2025 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Restrictions
MAOR108, MAOR113 (prior to 2006)
CULT133
Kia Kaha / Say It Loud: The Rise of Aotearoa/NZ Music
Description
This course will chart the rise of Aotearoa/NZ popular music from the Maori showbands of the 1950s through pop, rock, folk, reggae, punk, metal, hiphop, and EDM, and include examples from many of the subgenres hidden within those broad styles. The course readings will introduce students to key Cultural Studies concepts and theorists, all of which will be supported by texts and media from local music commentators. A key theme to be discussed will be the nation’s myth-making: that as Blam Blam Blam put it in 1981, ‘we have no racism / we have no sexism / there is no depression in New Zealand’. Taught on campus, and through distance learning, there will be 2 x two-hour workshops per week featuring music, videos, documentaries, and other cultural media, along with an online tutorial during which students will be encouraged to contribute media that relates to that week’s topic. As we move through the decades and genres, we will discuss the music in relation to the physical, social, and cultural context which produced it, with attention paid to political concerns such as Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Dawn Raids, the 1981 Springbok Tour, gender, LGBTQIA+ rights, and our position as a Pacific Island nation in a region particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis. Students will be given the opportunity to further explore specialist music interests through the course assessments.
Occurrences
Summer Jan 2025
Summer Jan 2025 (Distance)
Points
15 points

Not Offered Courses in 2025

100-level

CULT132
Cultural Studies: Reading Culture
Description
This course is an introduction to Cultural Studies, emphasising aspects of the field that are most pertinent to English Studies. Drawing from a wide range of examples, it demonstrates how our everyday life is a constant exercise in encoding and decoding our cultural environment through an exploration of the textuality and 'readability' of cultural forms and practices.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025
For further information see CULT132 course details
Points
15 points