title: 1080 and the fight to save New Zealand's wildlife

authors: Hansford, Dave

abstract: I grinned when I saw the title of the symposium was ‘Troublemakers’. I am here because I wrote ‘Protecting Paradise’ and in it I looked at the science around 1080. I explored some of the popular myths and fallacies around 1080, those intractable fallacies that do not go away. I was so intrigued that much to my editor’s concern I decided to find out why they are so intractable. Believe me that is a rabbit hole and I am going to take you as far down it as I can in 20 minutes.

text: 1080 and the fight to save New Zealand's wildlife I grinned when I saw the title of the symposium was ‘Troublemakers’. I am here because I wrote ‘Protecting Paradise’ and in it I looked at the science around 1080. I explored some of the popular myths and fallacies around 1080, those intractable fallacies that do not go away. I was so intrigued that much to my editor’s concern I decided to find out why they are so intractable. Believe me that is a rabbit hole and I am going to take you as far down it as I can in 20 minutes.

year: 2017

title: Magnetic energy release in dynamic fan reconnection models

authors: Craig, Ian J.D.

subjects: MHD—plasmas—sun

abstract: The problem of dynamic, three-dimensional magnetic reconnection is considered. Analytic “fan current” solutions are derived by superposing plane-wave disturbances on magnetic X-point equilibria. The localization of the wave produces a strong current sheet containing the neutral point. It is shown that the classical rate of resistive dissipation in the sheet, namely Wn~n1/2, represents the slowest possible energy-loss rate for the disturbance. The conditions required for fast coronal reconnection are then discussed. It is pointed out that significant “flare-like” energy release may be possible under physically realizable conditions. Moreover, the small length scales associated with the current sheet widths of order ∆x~n1/2 suggest that conditions are probably collisionless close to the neutral point. It is argued that our results are consistent with magnetic reconnection simulations that display “stalling” of the merging rate at small plasma resistivities.

text: Magnetic energy release in dynamic fan reconnection models The problem of dynamic, three-dimensional magnetic reconnection is considered. Analytic “fan current” solutions are derived by superposing plane-wave disturbances on magnetic X-point equilibria. The localization of the wave produces a strong current sheet containing the neutral point. It is shown that the classical rate of resistive dissipation in the sheet, namely Wn~n1/2, represents the slowest possible energy-loss rate for the disturbance. The conditions required for fast coronal reconnection are then discussed. It is pointed out that significant “flare-like” energy release may be possible under physically realizable conditions. Moreover, the small length scales associated with the current sheet widths of order ∆x~n1/2 suggest that conditions are probably collisionless close to the neutral point. It is argued that our results are consistent with magnetic reconnection simulations that display “stalling” of the merging rate at small plasma resistivities.

year: 1999-01

title: Researching collaborative artistic practice.

authors: Barbour, Karen

subjects: arts research

abstract: In this paper we offer discussion of collaboration in artistic practice, based on a two-and-a-half-year-long research project undertaken by artists/researchers at the University of Waikato, working in collaboration with local performers. Grounded in kaupapa M¯ori, feminist and phenomenological research methodologies, this research project provided a context for exploring existing understandings of collaborative processes in the arts, and for immersion in and development of alternative processes, across artistic mediums and cultures. Drawing on contemporary understandings of cross-cultural and intercultural practices in the arts, we discuss how shared conceptualisation of ideas, immersion in different creative processes, personal reflection and development over extended periods of time were found to foster collaboration. In this paper we will explore the value and nature of relationships within collaboration, and discuss how selfdetermination or tino rangatiratanga might be maintained within the context of collaborative performance art.

text: Researching collaborative artistic practice. In this paper we offer discussion of collaboration in artistic practice, based on a two-and-a-half-year-long research project undertaken by artists/researchers at the University of Waikato, working in collaboration with local performers. Grounded in kaupapa M¯ori, feminist and phenomenological research methodologies, this research project provided a context for exploring existing understandings of collaborative processes in the arts, and for immersion in and development of alternative processes, across artistic mediums and cultures. Drawing on contemporary understandings of cross-cultural and intercultural practices in the arts, we discuss how shared conceptualisation of ideas, immersion in different creative processes, personal reflection and development over extended periods of time were found to foster collaboration. In this paper we will explore the value and nature of relationships within collaboration, and discuss how selfdetermination or tino rangatiratanga might be maintained within the context of collaborative performance art.

year: 2007