Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries
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The art goes on, with loo rolls
23 April 2020
These are hard-to-describe times, but Dr Mark Harvey of Dance Studies has explored them from the perspective of his Labrador, Lara, with humour and a sense of the absurd.
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40,000 students, 6,000 staff online in 48 hours
22 April 2020
As Covid-19 hit home, all staff and students at the University of Auckland needed to be able to teach, learn and work entirely off campus within 48 hours.
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How the principles of gaming are being used in the remote Design Programme classroom
21 April 2020
Staff at the new Design Programme, University of Auckland, are drawing on the principles of gamification to teach students remotely during lockdown.
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After the crisis: Cities are the future
9 April 2020
Opinion: There is anxiety about Covid-19 – but our water supply will flow, power will be on, sewers will work. Bill McKay makes a case for city living in a crisis.
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Architects win major national award, and talk about the good side of online teaching
6 April 2020
Two senior lecturers at the School of Architecture and Planning have won, in their private practice, the Best Colour and Detail category in this year’s Home of the Year Awards.
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Lessons from another lockdown
1 April 2020
Opinion: Nicholas Rowe draws some parallels between the restrictions in West Bank and Gaza Strip during the second intifada and the current lockdown in New Zealand.
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High note in rare Mozart find at University of Auckland
31 March 2020
Rare first editions of two Mozart piano sonatas have turned up in a donated volume of miscellaneous scores at the University of Auckland.
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My instrument: Marie Ross and the joy of the clarinet
30 March 2020
While we are staying home to save New Zealand from the spread of Covid-19, many people are saving their sanity by being able to play a musical instrument while in lockdown. For Dr Marie Ross, it's the clarinet.
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Putting herself in the picture, and being shortlisted as one of Sony top ten
18 March 2020
Ashley Tofa is one of ten photographers to be shortlisted in the student category of the Sony World Photography Awards for her series of portraits presented for her MFA (Honours) at the University of Auckland, and also for her series about Ihumātao.
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The subtle ways Spotify tells us what to listen to
16 March 2020
Dr Fabio Morreale looks at the way music streaming platforms such as Spotify influence and even control what we listen to.
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Jeremy Salmond, contemporary voice of heritage, recognised as Distinguished Alumni
10 March 2020
Jeremy Salmond, a practising architect widely acknowledged for his contribution to the practice of building conservation in New Zealand, is one of four outstanding graduates to be recognised with a Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Lecturer Gabriela Baron discusses women in design and how the menstrual cup changed her life!
6 March 2020
International Women's Day 2020: We caught up with Dr Gabriela Baron, lecturer and researcher for the University's new Design Programme, to hear about her career story, challenges and advice for women.