Breadcrumbs List.
Arts and culture
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How technology is changing the music
16 August 2019
Understanding how technology applies to music is an emerging area of both research and teaching at the School of Music, and being developed by lecturer and coordinator of Music Technology, Dr Fabio Morreale, who joined the school this year.
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Time for New Zealand to act like a Pacific nation
7 August 2019
New Zealand needs to adapt to a Pacific future that is already here. That is the message from University of Auckland Pro-Vice Chancellor Pacific, Damon Salesa, who is one of 20 academics taking part in Raising the Bar 2019.
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Decolonising our thinking
5 August 2019
A founding thinker in the field of Decolonial Studies, Professor Walter Mignolo from Duke University will feature in two free public events at the University of Auckland this month.
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Robert Greenberg: champion of the arts
2 August 2019
Profile: Professor Robert Greenberg, the University of Auckland's Dean of Arts, overcame a major obstacle on his way to academic and career success.
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Is the clarinet the most expressive of woodwinds?
1 August 2019
The School of Music is gearing up for Clarinet Weekend, initiated by Dr Marie Ross soon after she joined the University of Auckland in 2016.
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The rehabilitation of the Red Aunt
31 July 2019
The banners of social activism provide a rich tapestry of our political past and present and we need to remember them, suggests conceptual artist, Fiona Jack.
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From Mansfield to Morris, writing in Menton
29 July 2019
As the 49th recipient of the Mansfield Menton Fellowship, Associate Professor Paula Morris has spent the past four months doing what she loves most: writing.
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Matthew Freeman Trundle, a friend indeed
26 July 2019
An extraordinary capacity for friendship is the common theme of all the accolades for Professor Matthew Trundle since his untimely death on 12 July.
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The big picture, only tiny
24 July 2019
An exhibition curated by Professor Andrew Barrie presents a miniature paper-model version of New Zealand as if it was all architecturally designed.
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Who really won the US-Soviet space race?
19 July 2019
Opinion: Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, but if we define ‘space race’ by spaceflight capability, the Soviets won hands down, writes Jennifer Frost.
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Diary of a summer scholar: Amber Rhodes
18 July 2019
Last summer Amber worked with Dr Ngarino Ellis to find and record items of Māori body adornment that are held in museum collections or have come up for auction.
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We need to talk about America
12 July 2019
America is constantly “fantasised, sensationalised, and caricatured,” says Brendon O’Connor, an expert in American politics at the University of Sydney.