title: Bizarre thoughts, magical ideations, and voices from the unconscious: Exploring issues of anomalous experience

authors: Tamatea, Armon J.

subjects: Maori

abstract: This project was initially concerned with the clinical interpretations of ‘bizarre’ or
‘magical’ ideations (i.e., statements considered to have little or no validity in our
predominant western culture). The first study explored clinical assessment issues
of who determines the validity of expressed beliefs and what kinds of criteria such
decisions are based on in the mental health field. The present study examined a
particular type of magical ideation, an auditory phenomenon involving claims that
forward spoken conversation contains hidden backwards speech embedded in the
vocal sounds. Thirty-two participants were invited to listen to various audio
samples of the alleged phenomenon and provide interpretations of what was heard.
Participants were assigned to four groups, each differing in the level of pre-emptive
information. A comparative measure revealed that priming and suggestion could
not be dismissed as alternative explanations of the reported effects. Clinical and
social implications will be discussed.

text: Bizarre thoughts, magical ideations, and voices from the unconscious: Exploring issues of anomalous experience This project was initially concerned with the clinical interpretations of ‘bizarre’ or
‘magical’ ideations (i.e., statements considered to have little or no validity in our
predominant western culture). The first study explored clinical assessment issues
of who determines the validity of expressed beliefs and what kinds of criteria such
decisions are based on in the mental health field. The present study examined a
particular type of magical ideation, an auditory phenomenon involving claims that
forward spoken conversation contains hidden backwards speech embedded in the
vocal sounds. Thirty-two participants were invited to listen to various audio
samples of the alleged phenomenon and provide interpretations of what was heard.
Participants were assigned to four groups, each differing in the level of pre-emptive
information. A comparative measure revealed that priming and suggestion could
not be dismissed as alternative explanations of the reported effects. Clinical and
social implications will be discussed.

year: 2003

title: The rhetorical organization of discourse: language revitalisation and the question of authenticity

authors: Crombie, Winifred

subjects: Te reo Māori

abstract: We propose here one approach to unravelling some aspects of authentic discourse construction in a way that may prove useful to teachers and learners of Māori. The approach is illustrated in relation to one text which realises the argument genre in Māori. In terms of text-type, the example provided is an open letter of advice/warning. The approach illustrated here, and the hypotheses emerging from it, are currently being further tested by one of the authors with reference to a corpus of written texts.

text: The rhetorical organization of discourse: language revitalisation and the question of authenticity We propose here one approach to unravelling some aspects of authentic discourse construction in a way that may prove useful to teachers and learners of Māori. The approach is illustrated in relation to one text which realises the argument genre in Māori. In terms of text-type, the example provided is an open letter of advice/warning. The approach illustrated here, and the hypotheses emerging from it, are currently being further tested by one of the authors with reference to a corpus of written texts.

year: 2000-11-24

title: Professional bodies and charity law

authors: Chevalier-Watts, Juliet

abstract: The word “charity” can mean many things to many people. The legal definition is inevitably rather complex and for the layperson, the general notion of charity is that of benevolence and philanthropy, and whilst the legal meaning and the layperson’s meaning of charity may diverge in some respects, it is widely accepted that the social construct of charity is seen as “means of redressing wrongs in society” so where “a State may have been unable to provide a function or service, charity could fill that void, and the voids would depend on the government and policies at the time.” It would also be fair to say that the four heads of charity, as will be addressed shortly, are rooted in government policy. Whilst this notion of redressing societal wrongs has been subject to some criticism, in particular that of Victorian society, where attempts were made to distinguish between the deserving poor and the undeserving poor and who should be most entitled to receive charitable gifts, and whilst the inherent issues relating to the concept of charity generally are outside the scope of this article, it is undoubtedly correct that charity itself is recognised as a socially cohesive part of society, both in terms of its origins, where charity “has been seen from the earliest days of Christianity as one of the central tenets of the Christian faith” to contemporary times, where the central obligation is to put others first, thus engaging the ephemeral concept of the spirit of charity.

text: Professional bodies and charity law The word “charity” can mean many things to many people. The legal definition is inevitably rather complex and for the layperson, the general notion of charity is that of benevolence and philanthropy, and whilst the legal meaning and the layperson’s meaning of charity may diverge in some respects, it is widely accepted that the social construct of charity is seen as “means of redressing wrongs in society” so where “a State may have been unable to provide a function or service, charity could fill that void, and the voids would depend on the government and policies at the time.” It would also be fair to say that the four heads of charity, as will be addressed shortly, are rooted in government policy. Whilst this notion of redressing societal wrongs has been subject to some criticism, in particular that of Victorian society, where attempts were made to distinguish between the deserving poor and the undeserving poor and who should be most entitled to receive charitable gifts, and whilst the inherent issues relating to the concept of charity generally are outside the scope of this article, it is undoubtedly correct that charity itself is recognised as a socially cohesive part of society, both in terms of its origins, where charity “has been seen from the earliest days of Christianity as one of the central tenets of the Christian faith” to contemporary times, where the central obligation is to put others first, thus engaging the ephemeral concept of the spirit of charity.

year: 2014