HIST352-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Kiwi Culture

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

This course explores the invention of kiwi culture from first Maori contact with Europeans to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Key questions asked are: How has national identity formed? What kiwi traditions have emerged? Who is a New Zealander and who is excluded from dominant concepts of nation? What aspects of culture are indigenous and how much is copied from overseas? Topics under examination include key defining moments, peacekeeping, sport and leisure, food, beauty, fashion, arts and crafts, literature and music, kiwi icons, kiwiana, overseas fame, sexuality and morality, environmentalism, national disasters, immigration and multiculturalism.

Prerequisites

30 points at 200 level HIST, or
200 level Ancient History or 200 level MAOR or 200 level PACS. RP: HIST128 or equivalent

Restrictions

Recommended Preparation

HIST128 or equivalent

Course Coordinator

Joanna Cobley

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
First essay 20%
Second Essay 20%
Final Exam - three hours 50%
Tutorial participation 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,393.00

International fee $5,825.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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