a list of the required readings:
Ellis, L. (2018) Through a filtered lens: Unauthorized picture-taking of people with dwarfism in public spaces. Disability & Society. 33, 218–237. doi:10.1080/09687599.2017.1392930
Firestone, R., Funaki, T., Henry, A., Vano, M., Grey, J., Jull, A., Whittaker, R., Te Moringa, L. & Ni Mhurchu, C. (2018) Identifying and overcoming barriers to healthier lives. Pacific Health Dialog. 21(2), 54-66. doi:10.26635/phd.2018.913
Gaudet, L. (2023) The piety of organization: The rhetoric of health awareness in ParticipACTION and Fitbit. Health. 27(1), 3-19. doi: 10.1177/1363459320988886
George M., Richards, R., Watson, B., Lucas, A., Fitzgerald, R., Taylor, R. & Galland, B. (2021) Pacific families navigating responsiveness and children’s sleep in Aotearoa New Zealand. Sleep Medicine: X. 3, Article 100039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleepx.2021.100039
Håkanson, C. & Öhlén, J. (2016) Illness narratives of people who are homeless. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 11, 32924. doi:10.3402/qhw.v11.32924
Hau’ofa, E. (1994) Our sea of islands. The Contemporary Pacific. 6 (1), 148–161. doi:10.26635/phd.2018.913
Leurquin, C. (2023) Pacific cultural and belief systems. [POPH192 lecture 9] University of Otago, 31st July.
Leurquin, C. (2023) Pacific frameworks of health and wellbeing. [POPH192 lecture 11] University of Otago, 4th August.
Leurquin, C. (2023) Pacific engagement and health contexts. [POPH192 lecture 13] University of Otago, 9th August.
Liggins, J. (2018) Healing the heart of recovery. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 64, 660–667. doi:10.1177/0020764018796538
McKelvie-Sebileau, P., Pekepo, C., Rees, D., Swinburn, B., Gerritsen, S. and Tipene-Leach, D. (2022) Applying the complementary knowledge bases of System Dynamics and Indigenous knowledge in public health research in Aotearoa, New Zealand. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18(4), 576-585.
Pfister, A.E. (2019) Predicament and pilgrimage: Hearing families of Deaf children in Mexico City. Medical Anthropology. 38, 195–209. doi:10.1080/01459740.2018.1540617
Salamonsen, A. & Ahlzén, R. (2018) Epistemological challenges in contemporary Western healthcare systems exemplified by people’s widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine. Health. 22, 356–371. doi:10.1177/1363459317693408
Te One, A. & Clifford, C. (2021) Tino Rangatiratanga and well-being: Māori self determination in the face of Covid-19. Frontiers in Sociology. 6, Article no. 613340. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340
Wilson, J. (2023) Māori cultural and belief systems. [POPH192 lecture 8] University of Otago, 28th July.
Wilson, J. (2023) Māori frameworks of health and wellbeing. [POPH192 lecture 10] University of Otago, 2nd August.
Wilson, J. (2023) Māori engagement and health contexts. [POPH192 lecture 12] University of Otago, 7th August.
Drawing from Module 1 and Module 2 course content and your own experience, and basing your argument on three detailed examples, discuss the relationship(s) between power and identity in New Zealand health care.
Spend some time thinking about how you would answer this question. Refer to the marking criteria (attached below) to see how your essay is going to be marked, and keep this in mind as you plan and write your essay. You may want to compose a one page overview or skeleton of the key points of your essay to clarify your thoughts.
If you wish, you can discuss ideas related to your essay via the Zoom Tutor Meetings on the advertised day that a Humanities Module 1 or 2 tutor is attending (see the tutor hours tab for details).
Tutors are not allowed to read/edit your essay or your essay outline but chatting with them about any concepts related to the essay which you are unsure of will boost your confidence that you are ‘on track’ for writing a good Progress Test 1 (Assignment) essay.
Candidate Instructions
The required word limit for this essay is 1400 words +/- 150. This excludes the reference list.
Please remember that you must submit your essay via the turnitin assignment box on the Progress Test 1 (Assignment) tab on blackboard by the submission deadline ( 18th August 12 noon).
Your essay will be automatically checked for plagiarism.
Remember that no other form of submission of your Progress Test 1 (Assignment) is acceptable – it MUST be lodged via the Progress Test 1 (Assignment) tab on blackboard.
Key Essay Requirements
Ensure your work is set out with an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion and a list of references.
Ensure your answer contains examples and references from both Modules 1 and 2.
Ensure that your answer explains relevant definitions, and draws on the requested examples from your required readings to illustrate your answer and speaks to the relevant key concepts which we have discussed together in classes and our tutorials.
You should also demonstrate original thinking and the ability to apply the lecture concepts in a new context by drawing on life experience (either your own, or your whānau and your community, or a well known published example of another individual’s life experiences from wider society) when answering your question.
‘module 1’ and ‘module 2’ are references to specific sections of our course