I am not usually one for sentimental blog posts; emotions can be tedious and robust motivators for the academic drives but messy to express amidst robust research and detailed critical thinking. Kate Hannah’s and Dr. Madhavi...
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Sometimes I fall down the existential rabbit-hole. As a child, the world seemed relatively...
Read MoreBut we have had many anthems and this one was so important to my mum and therefore to me… Vale Helen...
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Tension between the celebration and criticism of war is advanced by motives informed by oppositely different experiences of the same shared history. Especially in a multicultural society that has been framed by colonial values, such diversity is necessary to adequately represent minority perspectives within dominant institutions.
Read MoreI am interested in the Auckland Domain for several reasons. Personally, it is a place which holds many dear memories for me: Befriending the swans at the pond, visiting the memorial, the museum, Wintergarden, or just going out...
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After Jeremy Armstrong’s lecture, something that stuck with me was his initial description of...
Read MoreI recently watched the film The Remains Of The Day. Although my love for Hugh Grant served as my motivation to do so . It struck me as a possible film within which to explore our theme, conflict in context. The Remains Of The...
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If I asked you to picture a war movie, what is the first thing you envision? It could be the gritty realism of Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front. You may picture a class of naive young men thrust into a...
Read MoreHumans, as a species, are a peculiar one at that. A species overly aware of their own mortality and place in the universe, consequently bent upon obsessive overthinking, and because of this we’ve found ways to fabricate our own...
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It is easy to think of war as a past tense. While we aren’t exposed first hand to current...
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