title: Islam in the contemporary world: Western image and Muslim ideology

authors: Pratt, Douglas

subjects: religion

abstract: The issue of Western perceptions of Islam, and concerns about Islamic ideology vis-à-vis the relation of Muslims to the West, constitute topics of ongoing concern both for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They have come to the fore in a dramatic sense this century with the terrorist attacks in America on September 11, 2001, and the recent bombings in London, together with many events of global significance in between. 

For the purpose of this seminar I want to do two things. First, I shall undertake a critical review of some key dimensions of Western perceptions of Islam. Second, I shall outline the broad range of ideological options that have arisen in the modern era in order to highlight shifts of focus and emphasis that have occurred over the last century. I shall end with the question of the present moment: where is Islam heading?

text: Islam in the contemporary world: Western image and Muslim ideology The issue of Western perceptions of Islam, and concerns about Islamic ideology vis-à-vis the relation of Muslims to the West, constitute topics of ongoing concern both for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They have come to the fore in a dramatic sense this century with the terrorist attacks in America on September 11, 2001, and the recent bombings in London, together with many events of global significance in between. 

For the purpose of this seminar I want to do two things. First, I shall undertake a critical review of some key dimensions of Western perceptions of Islam. Second, I shall outline the broad range of ideological options that have arisen in the modern era in order to highlight shifts of focus and emphasis that have occurred over the last century. I shall end with the question of the present moment: where is Islam heading?

year: 2005-07-27

title: The significance of spatial scale: Informing land use planning through effective flood hazard and risk mapping

authors: Serrao-Neumann, Silvia

abstract: Effective land use planning for flood risk management in Aotearoa New Zealand hinges on the production and application of fit-for-purpose flood hazard and risk maps at the appropriate spatial scale. National guidance is crucial to ensure consistency and clarity in the development, selection and use of these maps across different government levels.

text: The significance of spatial scale: Informing land use planning through effective flood hazard and risk mapping Effective land use planning for flood risk management in Aotearoa New Zealand hinges on the production and application of fit-for-purpose flood hazard and risk maps at the appropriate spatial scale. National guidance is crucial to ensure consistency and clarity in the development, selection and use of these maps across different government levels.

year: 2025

title: Ma hea – which way? Mo te aha – what for?

authors: Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia

subjects: prejudice

abstract: Keynote address to the annual conference of the
NZ Psychological Society, 28 August 2004
E rau rangatira ma, tena ra koutou….
This presentation will be in four sections.
The first section will introduce two major issues, mana motuhake, and
manatangata, then we will consider some proposed legislation, the Seabed
& Foreshore Bill and the Civil Union Bill.
We will then consider strategic Maori response to political pressure over the
last three decades, and then note two recent and dramatic examples. They
are the Hikoi Takutai Moana, April 2004, and the Enough is Enough Rally,
August 2004
In the final section, we will consider the implications for psychologies and
psychologists working today in Aotearoa.

text: Ma hea – which way? Mo te aha – what for? Keynote address to the annual conference of the
NZ Psychological Society, 28 August 2004
E rau rangatira ma, tena ra koutou….
This presentation will be in four sections.
The first section will introduce two major issues, mana motuhake, and
manatangata, then we will consider some proposed legislation, the Seabed
& Foreshore Bill and the Civil Union Bill.
We will then consider strategic Maori response to political pressure over the
last three decades, and then note two recent and dramatic examples. They
are the Hikoi Takutai Moana, April 2004, and the Enough is Enough Rally,
August 2004
In the final section, we will consider the implications for psychologies and
psychologists working today in Aotearoa.

year: 2003-08