Browsing Unitec Institute of Technology by Subject "Japan"
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All the suffering on our backs : rugby, religion and redemption amid the ruins
(Unitec ePress, 2014-12-22)New Zealand’s All Black rugby team is a national icon, an affirmation of the manly, self-reliant and resilient virtues which New Zealanders like to think they possess. In times of national peril, economic uncertainty and ... -
Community attitudes and practices of urban residents regarding predation by pet cats on wildlife : an international comparison
(PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), 2016-04-06)International differences in practices and attitudes regarding pet cats' interactions with wild-life were assessed by surveying citizens from at least two cities in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA, China and Japan. ... -
Culture in Motion : A mobile, inflatable auditorium brings arts programming to a tsunami-devastated region of Japan
(Forecast Public Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 2014-08-20)On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake, one of the most powerful in recorded history, hit Japan, and was followed by a devastating tsunami. The catastrophe claimed more than 18,000 lives and left vast swathes of the ... -
Do positive emotions lead to 'lazy thinking' in an emergency? : a study of the triple disasters in Japan
(2015-12)To what extent did the participants’ emotions lead to ‘lazy thinking’ in terms of the number of options they had in mind during the triple disasters in Japan? • To what extent did their emotions predict their decision to ... -
Does history education really matter? The comparative study of Japanese and Russian history textbooks ca. 1997-2010
(2014-06)The school history textbook is gaining critical scholarly attention globally as a contested medium of conflicting ideologies and interests. At issue are the roles and the consequences of education and textbooks in influencing ... -
Embracing Western music via Japan : Chinese intellectuals, Japan, and the beginnings of modern music education in China
(Music in China, Inc with Music Research Institute of the China Conservatory in Beijing, 2018)The last decade of the Qing dynasty (1902-1912) saw the emergence of the first generation of Chinese champions of Western music.1 In Japan at the turn of the twentieth century a small number of Chinese students became ... -
Prefabrication : New Zealand’s golden ticket?
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2018-11)The construction industry within New Zealand is currently experiencing a boom and is the largest sector of the country’s infrastructure. Although substantial, the industry continues to suffer from inflated costs, ... -
The role of emotions on people's behaviour in emergencies: Quantitative analysis
(2014)People with positive emotions can: fail to take a precautionary approach underestimate the probability of risks overestimate their likelihood of achieving desired outcomes. -
Talking past each other? : A comparative study of the descriptions of the Russo-Japanese War in Japanese and Russian history textbooks, ca. 1997-2010
(Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA), 2013)History textbooks help us to understand not only the country’s past but its present as well. They contribute towards developing historical memory and identity formation. They equally influence perceptions about other ... -
Talking past each other? A comparative study of the descriptions of the Russo- Japanese War in Japanese and Russian history textbooks, ca. 1997-2010
(Aoyama Gakuin University Center for International Studies, 2015)The school history textbook is gaining critical scholarly attention globally as a contested medium of conflicting ideologies and interests. At issue are the roles and the consequences of education and ...