title: Assessing the effects of flood resilience technologies

authors: Golz, Sebastian

subjects: flood damage to buildings

abstract: The impacts of floods on housing in urban areas are increasing due to both the intensification of extreme weather events and the development of settlements together with the rising vulnerability of assets in areas at risk. Therefore, the improvement of buildings’ resilience properties to better cope with flooding is becoming a key issue in European research in recent years.
The implementation of flood resilience technologies (FRe T) on a building scale provides a previously untapped potential to reduce flood damage because of insufficient transparency of their effects. To overcome this obstacle the paper covers an extended methodological framework for the analysis of the potential of FRe T. This framework is based a synthetic approach on flood damage simulation that supports the assessment of singular FRe T or the combination of serval FRe T options and permits the derivation of optimised FRe T alternatives. 
The approach his been tested, amongst other selected European study sites, in Heywood/Greater Manchester(United Kingdom) to analyse its functionality considering various flood types as well as different national and local contexts.

text: Assessing the effects of flood resilience technologies The impacts of floods on housing in urban areas are increasing due to both the intensification of extreme weather events and the development of settlements together with the rising vulnerability of assets in areas at risk. Therefore, the improvement of buildings’ resilience properties to better cope with flooding is becoming a key issue in European research in recent years.
The implementation of flood resilience technologies (FRe T) on a building scale provides a previously untapped potential to reduce flood damage because of insufficient transparency of their effects. To overcome this obstacle the paper covers an extended methodological framework for the analysis of the potential of FRe T. This framework is based a synthetic approach on flood damage simulation that supports the assessment of singular FRe T or the combination of serval FRe T options and permits the derivation of optimised FRe T alternatives. 
The approach his been tested, amongst other selected European study sites, in Heywood/Greater Manchester(United Kingdom) to analyse its functionality considering various flood types as well as different national and local contexts.

year: 2013

title: “Pushing an irritational button”: Asian psychologists making sense of racialization in psychology training in Aotearoa/New Zealand

authors: Tan, Kyle K. H.

abstract: The monocultural psychology training in Aotearoa New Zealand deliberately centers White racial framing which enables those who benefit from Whiteness to uphold an imposed hierarchy of racially inferior (Māori) and superior (Pākehā) groups. In Aotearoa, we are faced with a reality that Asian (as a diverse group from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia) knowledge sources and the intake of Asian students into psychology training are scarcely prioritized. In this study, we utilized counter-storytelling as a critical race praxis to illuminate the various forms of Asianization (Asian racialization) as a subframe of White racial framing. Employing interpretative phenomenological analysis, we explored the subjective experiences of four Asian psychologists as they made sense of racism and the formation of their racialized identity within psychology training. Our analysis uncovered three main themes with subordinate themes: (1) the White mold of psychology (encountering White ideals of psychology and pursuing perceived benefits of Whiteness); (2) bearing the brunt of Asianization (ranging from being achievers yet forgotten to being perceived as a threat and unassimilable); and (3) relating to Māori (expressing identity validation and empathy yet experiencing lateral violence). We observed the manifestation of White racial framing across various cognitive (e.g., the prioritization of western knowledge and the promotion of colorblind norms), emotional (e.g., White fragility), and behavioral aspects (e.g., expectations placed on minoritized ethnic groups to assimilate), all of which contribute to Asianization archetypes (viz., the forgotten Asian, the irritational button, and the unassimilable foreigner).

text: “Pushing an irritational button”: Asian psychologists making sense of racialization in psychology training in Aotearoa/New Zealand The monocultural psychology training in Aotearoa New Zealand deliberately centers White racial framing which enables those who benefit from Whiteness to uphold an imposed hierarchy of racially inferior (Māori) and superior (Pākehā) groups. In Aotearoa, we are faced with a reality that Asian (as a diverse group from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia) knowledge sources and the intake of Asian students into psychology training are scarcely prioritized. In this study, we utilized counter-storytelling as a critical race praxis to illuminate the various forms of Asianization (Asian racialization) as a subframe of White racial framing. Employing interpretative phenomenological analysis, we explored the subjective experiences of four Asian psychologists as they made sense of racism and the formation of their racialized identity within psychology training. Our analysis uncovered three main themes with subordinate themes: (1) the White mold of psychology (encountering White ideals of psychology and pursuing perceived benefits of Whiteness); (2) bearing the brunt of Asianization (ranging from being achievers yet forgotten to being perceived as a threat and unassimilable); and (3) relating to Māori (expressing identity validation and empathy yet experiencing lateral violence). We observed the manifestation of White racial framing across various cognitive (e.g., the prioritization of western knowledge and the promotion of colorblind norms), emotional (e.g., White fragility), and behavioral aspects (e.g., expectations placed on minoritized ethnic groups to assimilate), all of which contribute to Asianization archetypes (viz., the forgotten Asian, the irritational button, and the unassimilable foreigner).

year: 2025

title: Different coloured tears: Dual cultural identity and Tangihanga

authors: Edge, Kiri

subjects: bereavement

abstract: Although whānau/family that are configured by both Pākehā and Māori identities number significantly within New Zealand, there has been little or no attention paid to the ways in which these identities influence the bereavement processes that will inevitably impact upon the lives of these whānau/family. The present study explored the experiences of an individual, whose whānau/family included two life ways: Māori and Pākehā. Of specific focus was the ways in which these identities influenced his bereavement subsequent to the death of his beloved wife, who was of Māori descent. One elderly male Pākehā participant was interviewed, using an open ended narrative approach. The interview was semi-structured around five broad themes, but the focus was upon the participant’s experiences and his preference in expressing these. The data analysis utilised a thematic process which allowed the participant’s experiences to determine the emergent themes. The results depicted the diversity of issues that may be raised for dual cultural whānau/family within bereavement processes. Two central themes are discussed in relation to intercultural conflict and the eventual resolution that was created. Decision-making processes, cultural and language differences played significant roles within the conflict and exclusion experienced by the participant. Communication and compromise provided resolution to the prior conflicts experienced. This created positive and unexpected outcomes which resulted in increased understandings and the strengthening of links between the participant, his whānau/family and his wife’s marae.

text: Different coloured tears: Dual cultural identity and Tangihanga Although whānau/family that are configured by both Pākehā and Māori identities number significantly within New Zealand, there has been little or no attention paid to the ways in which these identities influence the bereavement processes that will inevitably impact upon the lives of these whānau/family. The present study explored the experiences of an individual, whose whānau/family included two life ways: Māori and Pākehā. Of specific focus was the ways in which these identities influenced his bereavement subsequent to the death of his beloved wife, who was of Māori descent. One elderly male Pākehā participant was interviewed, using an open ended narrative approach. The interview was semi-structured around five broad themes, but the focus was upon the participant’s experiences and his preference in expressing these. The data analysis utilised a thematic process which allowed the participant’s experiences to determine the emergent themes. The results depicted the diversity of issues that may be raised for dual cultural whānau/family within bereavement processes. Two central themes are discussed in relation to intercultural conflict and the eventual resolution that was created. Decision-making processes, cultural and language differences played significant roles within the conflict and exclusion experienced by the participant. Communication and compromise provided resolution to the prior conflicts experienced. This created positive and unexpected outcomes which resulted in increased understandings and the strengthening of links between the participant, his whānau/family and his wife’s marae.

year: 2011