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Go See Some Art
Thinking that it was ending this weekend, today I went to take a final look at Julia Morison’s Meet Me On The Other Side. But I was wrong: it’s got another week to run, finishing on 25 March. So I … Continue reading
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me
When the University of Canterbury decided they wanted some promotional material, they produced this, a profile of alumna Joanna Nicholls-Parker. It’s really all highlights, but I’ve produced a very short highlights package for you. One important insight: This is the environment in … Continue reading
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He Studied Sculpture
Tony de Lautour: Recent Paintings, at Ilam Campus Gallery, until the 24th of February. With the demise of pretty much every art gallery in Christchurch — and let’s be honest, it wasn’t just the earthquakes — the School of Fine … Continue reading
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On being all New Zealanders
Another Waitangi Day, another protest, another Pakeha sob about the politicization of our ‘national day’. Can’t we all just get along, as beer drinking, flag flying, All Blacks watching, land confiscating, treaty reneging New Zealanders, David Shearer seems to ask. A … Continue reading
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Atrophies: CUP Does Grammar
This post is a response to CUP’s A Happy Announcement. * I’m marking at the moment, and, as usual, I am wondering what I did in a past life to bring this upon myself. Dante had it all wrong: the … Continue reading
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Press Release: Ruth Richardson Receives Honorary Doctorate
Press Release: Ruth Richardson receives Honorary Doctorate. Continue reading
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Full Marx
I’m preparing a lecture at the moment on the topic of work/labour in The Simpsons; at three hours, I have more than enough time to belabour the point that neoliberal capitalism is killing us all, that women are exploited through … Continue reading
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The Last Words of a Dying CEO
What happens when the ’98 per cent of CEOs who support National’ realize that MMP is popular among the constituency, and that, however hard Ruth Richardson tries First Past the Post will never come back? They try to implement it under … Continue reading
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