title: Composition portfolio

authors: Yue, Bo

subjects: acoustic music

abstract: This portfolio of original compositions includes two acoustic works and four electroacoustic works. Surrounded in the dark is a trio for clarinet, violin and violoncello in two movements. It explores a variety of emotional experiences in a world full of darkness. You zi yin is an electroacoustic piece that combines acoustic and electroacoustic techniques to portray the relationship between a mother and her son. The electroacoustic work Small change explores relationships people have with hard currency and the emotions it evokes. Samsara is an orchestral work in three movements that explores the idea of a never-ending cycle of birth, death and rebirth. After dusk is a dramatic electroacoustic work that is composed of samples from a woodblock and a violin. The work was inspired by the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ by Robert Frost. The sound track to A tick is the last work in this portfolio, it is based on a movie of traditional Chinese shadow puppetry that describes a story about two frogs, a crane and a turtle.

text: Composition portfolio This portfolio of original compositions includes two acoustic works and four electroacoustic works. Surrounded in the dark is a trio for clarinet, violin and violoncello in two movements. It explores a variety of emotional experiences in a world full of darkness. You zi yin is an electroacoustic piece that combines acoustic and electroacoustic techniques to portray the relationship between a mother and her son. The electroacoustic work Small change explores relationships people have with hard currency and the emotions it evokes. Samsara is an orchestral work in three movements that explores the idea of a never-ending cycle of birth, death and rebirth. After dusk is a dramatic electroacoustic work that is composed of samples from a woodblock and a violin. The work was inspired by the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ by Robert Frost. The sound track to A tick is the last work in this portfolio, it is based on a movie of traditional Chinese shadow puppetry that describes a story about two frogs, a crane and a turtle.

year: 2011

title: Political parties, strongmen and populism: Why Jair Bolsonaro won the 2018 Brazilian election

authors: Tait, Paul James

subjects: Jair Bolsonaro

abstract: The election of Jair Bolsonaro as President of Brazil in 2018 is an example of the recent global phenomenon of election victories by right-wing populist leaders, such as Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, and Viktor Orbán. However, Bolsonaro’s election victory was driven by a range of critical domestic factors, not just by populism. This thesis explains how the nature of Brazil’s political parties and electoral system contributed to Bolsonaro’s victory. Bolsonaro was the candidate of a minor party, the Social Liberal Party (PSL), and exploited weaknesses in two major parties, the Workers Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), who won Brazil’s elections from 1994 to 2014. Brazil’s two-round system enabled Bolsonaro to consolidate the support of a broad coalition of voters frustrated with PT rule and the traditional opposition.

Bolsonaro also campaigned as a change candidate and as a pro-military strongman, rather than as a conventional politician reliant on the support of a political party organization. He appealed to voters dissatisfied with former governments, constant corruption scandals, and economic turmoil. Bolsonaro’s victory is consistent with José Nun’s argument that the middle classes support democracy in good economic times but accept authoritarian options when they start struggling. Bolsonaro successfully used a style of exclusionary populism in his election campaign, to gain media attention and voter support. Nevertheless, populism was a communication method and campaign tactic, and not the fundamental basis of Bolsonaro’s unexpected election as president.

text: Political parties, strongmen and populism: Why Jair Bolsonaro won the 2018 Brazilian election The election of Jair Bolsonaro as President of Brazil in 2018 is an example of the recent global phenomenon of election victories by right-wing populist leaders, such as Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, and Viktor Orbán. However, Bolsonaro’s election victory was driven by a range of critical domestic factors, not just by populism. This thesis explains how the nature of Brazil’s political parties and electoral system contributed to Bolsonaro’s victory. Bolsonaro was the candidate of a minor party, the Social Liberal Party (PSL), and exploited weaknesses in two major parties, the Workers Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), who won Brazil’s elections from 1994 to 2014. Brazil’s two-round system enabled Bolsonaro to consolidate the support of a broad coalition of voters frustrated with PT rule and the traditional opposition.

Bolsonaro also campaigned as a change candidate and as a pro-military strongman, rather than as a conventional politician reliant on the support of a political party organization. He appealed to voters dissatisfied with former governments, constant corruption scandals, and economic turmoil. Bolsonaro’s victory is consistent with José Nun’s argument that the middle classes support democracy in good economic times but accept authoritarian options when they start struggling. Bolsonaro successfully used a style of exclusionary populism in his election campaign, to gain media attention and voter support. Nevertheless, populism was a communication method and campaign tactic, and not the fundamental basis of Bolsonaro’s unexpected election as president.

year: 2020

title: Kai hea te mana o te reo Māori?

authors: Temara, Pou

subjects: Waiata

abstract: Kai roto i tēnei waiata a Te Matua Tangata e kī ana, he mātauranga ake te ruru rāua ko te heihei i te tangata. E taea ana e te ruru rāua ko te heihei te wehewehe i ngā hāora o te pō, i te mea ko te pō te wā rērere o te ruru, ko te pō te wā e tangi ai tōna reo. He mea hanga te ruru mō te pō. Ko tā te heihei he nehu atu i te pō, he whakaō, he karanga i te awatea ki te ao. Kua eke mai te tuarā nui o awatea, kua oho te ao, kua hoki te ruru ki tōna puta, kua ketuketu ko te heihei. Ka pō, kua hoki ko te heihei ki tōna taumatua, kua oho ko te ruru.

text: Kai hea te mana o te reo Māori? Kai roto i tēnei waiata a Te Matua Tangata e kī ana, he mātauranga ake te ruru rāua ko te heihei i te tangata. E taea ana e te ruru rāua ko te heihei te wehewehe i ngā hāora o te pō, i te mea ko te pō te wā rērere o te ruru, ko te pō te wā e tangi ai tōna reo. He mea hanga te ruru mō te pō. Ko tā te heihei he nehu atu i te pō, he whakaō, he karanga i te awatea ki te ao. Kua eke mai te tuarā nui o awatea, kua oho te ao, kua hoki te ruru ki tōna puta, kua ketuketu ko te heihei. Ka pō, kua hoki ko te heihei ki tōna taumatua, kua oho ko te ruru.

year: 2011