title: Getting students to engage with readings

authors: Weijers, Dan M.

abstract: Ever wondered how many of your students attempt or complete their readings? Ever worried that when students do attempt the readings that they fail to remember or even understand the important points? If we are to implement a flipped approach to our teaching, then we need our students to be able to read complex texts independently. I will discuss a strategy that I use in my philosophy classes to train students into becoming independent readers, and encourage them to complete all of the reading set for the class.

text: Getting students to engage with readings Ever wondered how many of your students attempt or complete their readings? Ever worried that when students do attempt the readings that they fail to remember or even understand the important points? If we are to implement a flipped approach to our teaching, then we need our students to be able to read complex texts independently. I will discuss a strategy that I use in my philosophy classes to train students into becoming independent readers, and encourage them to complete all of the reading set for the class.

year: 2017

title: Developing Principles of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence for Outer Space Use and Exploration: A critical evaluation

authors: Brennan, Anna Marie

abstract: Corporations are predicted to dominate outer space use and exploration for the 
foreseeable future. With tentative plans in development for humans to live and work 
permanently on celestial bodies, what responsibilities will corporations have to 
observe human rights? It is thought that reform of outer space law is needed to 
embrace non-state actors to not only delineate their precise legal status but also their 
rights and responsibilities in outer space. Not only would this pronouncement of 
rights and responsibilities provide transparency and certainty for corporations, but 
also for ‘humankind’ as business enterprises such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and the 
Sierra Nevada Corporation endeavour to make the first leap to establish human 
communities on celestial bodies. This article will consider the extent to which 
corporations will need to embed human rights due diligence in their activities on 
celestial bodies and what measures they will need to adopt to assess, mitigate and 
remediate human rights violations.

text: Developing Principles of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence for Outer Space Use and Exploration: A critical evaluation Corporations are predicted to dominate outer space use and exploration for the 
foreseeable future. With tentative plans in development for humans to live and work 
permanently on celestial bodies, what responsibilities will corporations have to 
observe human rights? It is thought that reform of outer space law is needed to 
embrace non-state actors to not only delineate their precise legal status but also their 
rights and responsibilities in outer space. Not only would this pronouncement of 
rights and responsibilities provide transparency and certainty for corporations, but 
also for ‘humankind’ as business enterprises such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and the 
Sierra Nevada Corporation endeavour to make the first leap to establish human 
communities on celestial bodies. This article will consider the extent to which 
corporations will need to embed human rights due diligence in their activities on 
celestial bodies and what measures they will need to adopt to assess, mitigate and 
remediate human rights violations.

year: 2025

title: Rolling Our Eyes Towards God: An Intervention Arising from Mormon Missionary YouTube Activity and The Cultural (Mis)Appropriation of Haka

authors: Simon, Hemopereki

abstract: This Kaupapa Māori Research writing inquiry explores the (mis)appropriation of haka and the social media video-sharing platform YouTube in that (mis)appropriation. The article examines the specific case of a group of Latter-day Saint missionaries in Wangarratta, Australia, who wrote and performed an English- language haka that the author finds violent and offensive. The article outlines Aileen Moreton-Robertson’s White Possessive doctrine in relation to the Church and white patriarchal salvation. Haka’s cultural background and appropriation are explained. Theoretical explanations of collective and cultural memory and YouTube as a social media platform and cultural archive follow. The author highlights YouTube grey literature sources on haka cultural (mis)appropriation. The 2006 case study “missionary haka” video is critiqued and analysed. Case study issues are discussed. The Church’s history of racial discrimination and violence and its religious aetiology of skin colour make this video ”misappropriated,” according to research. This performance uses haka to promote white and religious supremacy and the idea that you must be white and/or religious to be fully human. This message helps the LDS Church mission of possessing Indigenous souls and remaining the “true religion”.

text: Rolling Our Eyes Towards God: An Intervention Arising from Mormon Missionary YouTube Activity and The Cultural (Mis)Appropriation of Haka This Kaupapa Māori Research writing inquiry explores the (mis)appropriation of haka and the social media video-sharing platform YouTube in that (mis)appropriation. The article examines the specific case of a group of Latter-day Saint missionaries in Wangarratta, Australia, who wrote and performed an English- language haka that the author finds violent and offensive. The article outlines Aileen Moreton-Robertson’s White Possessive doctrine in relation to the Church and white patriarchal salvation. Haka’s cultural background and appropriation are explained. Theoretical explanations of collective and cultural memory and YouTube as a social media platform and cultural archive follow. The author highlights YouTube grey literature sources on haka cultural (mis)appropriation. The 2006 case study “missionary haka” video is critiqued and analysed. Case study issues are discussed. The Church’s history of racial discrimination and violence and its religious aetiology of skin colour make this video ”misappropriated,” according to research. This performance uses haka to promote white and religious supremacy and the idea that you must be white and/or religious to be fully human. This message helps the LDS Church mission of possessing Indigenous souls and remaining the “true religion”.

year: 2023-02-05