scholarly journals VJing: A New Zealand Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Naomi Lamb
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Individual

<p>This thesis analyses some key factors of what is often considered a marginalised cultural and creative practice, VJing. The term VJ historically refers to Video Jockey, though in its own right VJ can be used to umbrella a number of various practices that utilise live visual media performances. This study is based on the researcher's active participation in the New Zealand (Kiwi) VJ scene for over thriteen years. Chapter One introduces some of the traditional principles and factors that are still in use in contemporary VJ practices, as well as the characteristics of the Kiwi VJ scene. Chapter Two outlines and analyses an experiment that takes these factors and characteristics into consideration. The case study utilises peer to peer information gathering through an experiment designed to generate a disruption to the intuitive mode of working to which four veteran VJs have been accustomed. The case study experiment sought to isolate key factors that impact on content creation and selection for live VJ mixing that utilise traditional principles. During the analysis, the following factors were identified: time, sight, memory, finance, environment, technology, availability, efficiency, compatibility, loops, silence, form, rhythm, movement, shape, colour and music. The experiment centred around a sample library of original content that the four VJs were asked to respond to, both through conversational dialogue and a live VJ performance. The DVD contains the results of the individual performances.</p>

scholarly journals VJing: A New Zealand Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Naomi Lamb
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Individual

<p>This thesis analyses some key factors of what is often considered a marginalised cultural and creative practice, VJing. The term VJ historically refers to Video Jockey, though in its own right VJ can be used to umbrella a number of various practices that utilise live visual media performances. This study is based on the researcher's active participation in the New Zealand (Kiwi) VJ scene for over thriteen years. Chapter One introduces some of the traditional principles and factors that are still in use in contemporary VJ practices, as well as the characteristics of the Kiwi VJ scene. Chapter Two outlines and analyses an experiment that takes these factors and characteristics into consideration. The case study utilises peer to peer information gathering through an experiment designed to generate a disruption to the intuitive mode of working to which four veteran VJs have been accustomed. The case study experiment sought to isolate key factors that impact on content creation and selection for live VJ mixing that utilise traditional principles. During the analysis, the following factors were identified: time, sight, memory, finance, environment, technology, availability, efficiency, compatibility, loops, silence, form, rhythm, movement, shape, colour and music. The experiment centred around a sample library of original content that the four VJs were asked to respond to, both through conversational dialogue and a live VJ performance. The DVD contains the results of the individual performances.</p>

scholarly journals Nautical Symbolism in Christian Maori Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Pamela Radburnd
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cosmological Beliefs ◽  
The Individual

<p><b>It is well known that many Maori cultural traditions and cosmological beliefs are anchored in a sea of knowledge associated with seafaring, navigation and the oceanic environment. Despite the loss of deep-sea voyaging, this thesis explores how nautical reflexes were still very influential on various modes of expression in Christian Maori architecture of three distinct Maori religious movements from the colonial and post-colonial periods. During this investigation, this thesis also identifies a relationship that can be found between the appropriation of nautical symbolism in Christian and Maori architecture.</b></p> <p>This relationship is examined on two levels: One, in terms of how Christian and Maori iconography has latent nautical meaning and secondly, how nautical symbolism in Christian Maori architecture is more signal than sculptural. The latter identifies the more powerful, metaphysical symbols in Maori architecture and spirituality which make Christian Maori architecture uniquely different from European Christian architecture. This thesis links these qualities in symbolic Christian maori architecture to the psychic and symbolic territories known to the navigator. In doing so, this thesis discovers how nautical symbols occupy a middle ground, an in-between area bridging the known with the unknown and examines their role as mediators between the present and the past; the individual and the collective.</p> <p>This thesis finally presents an architectural design which explores specific aspects of research. In doing so, the use of nautical symbolism and water-based pragmatism through architecture explores how such methods and expressions can influence and transform Western notions of knowledge or conventional notions of contemporary (terrestrial) architecture in New Zealand. To achieve this, nautical concepts from case study material are applied to a contemporary design project in order to open up architecture to its metaphysical dimension rather than focussing on the object (sculptural) that is frozen in time. As a result, this design also celebrates and revives the nautical instinct of Maori in terms of how it can offer new and meaningful ways to design architecture in oceania and New Zealand.</p>

Raizcorp: planting the seeds for entrepreneurial growth and prosperity

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Boris Urban ◽  
Alison Gaylard
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Support ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Subject area Entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability MBA and masters in management. Case overview Raizcorp Chief Executive Allon Raiz was faced each day with many applications to join his business incubation prosperator programme. He knew what to look for in an entrepreneur, but it was not always “cut and dried”. In September 2012, he and his panel were considering an applicant who had passed all the tests with flying colours, and they were unanimous in their belief that he had what it took to be successful. His business, however, left them in doubt. It was a struggling IT support company, which they felt had no differentiating factors in an already overtraded industry. Raizcorp believed in “backing the jockey but not the horse”, which often meant having to change the entrepreneur's mindset and helping them explore new ideas. Would they be successful in this case? And was it worth the investment of time and resources? It worried Raiz, because he knew if the individual was to embark on a new venture, it would take some time before Raizcorp would see any return on its investment. Expected learning outcomes The case has the following objectives: to demonstrate understanding of the key concepts of entrepreneurship, to discuss entrepreneurship as a process, to analyse human and social capital attributes relating to successful entrepreneurship, to identify entrepreneurial motivations/cognitions/behaviours, to appreciate the key factors of successful entrepreneurship practices, to assess the relevance of the practice of entrepreneurship to individuals and society, to illustrate key ideas of entrepreneurship with reference to empirical case studies on entrepreneurship, and to analyse rigorously the RAMP model in the case study. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

scholarly journals Kites Flying: Chinese overseas Kites Flying: Reflections of Chinese Students in New Zealand on National Identity Students’ reflections on National Identity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiudi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
International Students ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Chinese Overseas ◽  
International Identity ◽  
The Individual

The study described in this paper examined the national identity tension that often occurs between Chinese international students and Western host country members. Research questions guiding the study were: How does the experience of studying in New Zealand provide challenges for Chinese international identity, and how do Chinese students reflect their cognitions of national identity in everyday life. Case study was used as a method to collect data from 20 Chinese international students. Cross-national discussions of China from the participants’ life experiences reveal a complex, sometimes contradictory, relationship between the individual and state, which is deeply rooted in Chinese culture and context, and provides a critical reflection on Chinese citizens. Drawing on interviews of Chinese students at a New Zealand university, this study showed that these Chinese international students are struggling with a changeable national identity which is relevant to their overseas experience, family history and education background.

Starters and Bacteriophages in Lactic Acid Casein Manufacture

1975 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. THOMAS ◽  
R. J. LOWRIE
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Continuous Selection ◽  
Streptococcus Cremoris ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Time ◽  
Selection Of

A controlled starter system was used for the first time in commercial lactic acid casein manufacture in New Zealand. Multiple starters of up to four components were constructed from 18 recently derived Streptococcus cremoris isolates which were not lysed by any of the phages in the collection of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute. During the first season of casein manufacture, phages attacking 17 isolates were detected in the casein whey. Of these, 12 prevented adequate acid production by the appropriate host even at levels below 1 phage per 10 to 1000 ml in the milk before starter addition. In contrast, the first detected phages attacking the other five isolates did not significantly influence the rate of acid development; use of these starters continued until phages which eliminated acid production appeared. An alternative starter system based on the continuous selection of “phage-tolerant” cultures was investigated. Regular addition of whey, from previous manufacture, to the individual mother cultures of each component permitted long-term use of the multiple starter. This procedure of continued selection for phage-tolerant organisms has been used successfully for a complete season in a major casein factory.

scholarly journals Nautical Symbolism in Christian Maori Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Pamela Radburnd
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cosmological Beliefs ◽  
The Individual

<p><b>It is well known that many Maori cultural traditions and cosmological beliefs are anchored in a sea of knowledge associated with seafaring, navigation and the oceanic environment. Despite the loss of deep-sea voyaging, this thesis explores how nautical reflexes were still very influential on various modes of expression in Christian Maori architecture of three distinct Maori religious movements from the colonial and post-colonial periods. During this investigation, this thesis also identifies a relationship that can be found between the appropriation of nautical symbolism in Christian and Maori architecture.</b></p> <p>This relationship is examined on two levels: One, in terms of how Christian and Maori iconography has latent nautical meaning and secondly, how nautical symbolism in Christian Maori architecture is more signal than sculptural. The latter identifies the more powerful, metaphysical symbols in Maori architecture and spirituality which make Christian Maori architecture uniquely different from European Christian architecture. This thesis links these qualities in symbolic Christian maori architecture to the psychic and symbolic territories known to the navigator. In doing so, this thesis discovers how nautical symbols occupy a middle ground, an in-between area bridging the known with the unknown and examines their role as mediators between the present and the past; the individual and the collective.</p> <p>This thesis finally presents an architectural design which explores specific aspects of research. In doing so, the use of nautical symbolism and water-based pragmatism through architecture explores how such methods and expressions can influence and transform Western notions of knowledge or conventional notions of contemporary (terrestrial) architecture in New Zealand. To achieve this, nautical concepts from case study material are applied to a contemporary design project in order to open up architecture to its metaphysical dimension rather than focussing on the object (sculptural) that is frozen in time. As a result, this design also celebrates and revives the nautical instinct of Maori in terms of how it can offer new and meaningful ways to design architecture in oceania and New Zealand.</p>

scholarly journals Opportunities and Tensions in New Zealand Organisations: The Individual and the Organisation in Development

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Bryson ◽  
Mary Mallon ◽  
Kiri Merritt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Good Reputation ◽  
Human Capability ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
A Company ◽  
Selection Of

This paper is the first step in a much larger project investigating the development of human capability for New Zealand workplaces. The paper reports the findings of a pilot case study conducted in a local manufacturing organisation that had a good reputation for initiatives in human capability development. The study explored the factors that helped and hindered individuals in developing skills and capabilities in the workplace. The findings showed that three key features of organisational infrastructure drove and shaped capability within this manufacturing organisation: self directed teams, a company skills matrix linked to pay, and a production and quality management system. The study is discussed in light of a selection of the literature on workplaces and capability development. The paper explores the interaction of individual and organisational factors in the development of human capability, particularly self-esteem and workplaces as learning environments.

The Development of Language-Training Programs for Postrubella Hearing-Impaired Children

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Lynch ◽  
Annette Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Target Behaviors ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

This paper presents the procedures developed and used in the individual treatment programs for a group of preschool, postrubella, hearing-impaired children. A case study illustrates the systematic fashion in which the clinician plans programs for each child on the basis of the child’s progress at any given time during the program. The clinician’s decisions are discussed relevant to (1) the choice of a mode(s) for the child and the teacher, (2) the basis for selecting specific target behaviors, (3) the progress of each program, and (4) the implications for future programming.

Nonspecific Chronic Back Pain: Sixth Edition Approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Jay Blaisdell ◽  
James B. Talmage
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Intervertebral Disk ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Intervertebral Disk Herniation ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Ratings for “non-specific chronic, or chronic reoccurring, back pain” are based on the diagnosis-based impairment method whereby an impairment class, usually representing a range of impairment values within a cell of a grid, is selected by diagnosis and “specific criteria” (key factors). Within the impairment class, the default impairment value then can be modified using non-key factors or “grade modifiers” such as functional history, physical examination, and clinical studies using the net adjustment formula. The diagnosis of “nonspecific chronic, or chronic reoccurring, back pain” can be rated in class 0 and 1; the former has a default value of 0%, and the latter has a default value of 2% before any modifications. The key concept here is that the physician believes that the patient is experiencing pain, yet there are no related objective findings, most notably radiculopathy as distinguished from “nonverifiable radicular complaints.” If the individual is found not to have radiculopathy and the medical record shows that the patient has never had clinically verifiable radiculopathy, then the diagnosis of “intervertebral disk herniation and/or AOMSI [alteration of motion segment integrity] cannot be used.” If the patient is asymptomatic at maximum medical improvement, then impairment Class 0 should be chosen, not Class 1; a final whole person impairment rating of 1% indicates incorrect use of the methodology.

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