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2151

PACIFIC 105

: The Contemporary Pacific
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores the ways in which Pacific peoples frame their contemporary world in the context of globalisation. It also examines factors which shape contemporary Pacific life and popular culture as well as some of the challenges emanating from how Pacific peoples construct and make sense of their own and others’ historical, political, socio-cultural, economic and religious worlds.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2152

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Embodied Practices
2025 Semester One (1253)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2153

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Embodied Practices
2025 Summer School (1250)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2154

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Music and Dance
2024 Semester One (1243)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2155

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Music and Dance
2023 Semester One (1233)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2156

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Music and Dance
2022 Semester One (1223)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2157

PACIFIC 110

: Pacific Music and Dance
2022 Summer School (1220)
Practical and theoretical introduction to performing cultures of the Pacific with emphasis on Polynesian cultures. Basic music and dance skills are taught in practical instruction. Consideration of commonalities and differences among Pacific cultures. Academic discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in Pacific cultures.
Subject: Pacific Studies
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2158

PACIFIC 200

: Theorising Pacific Studies
2025 Semester One (1253)
Broadens and deepens knowledge of the Pacific and fosters critical understandings of how that knowledge is created. Focuses on Pacific approaches as they theorise Pacific Studies alongside other allied disciplines, identifies the influence of Pacific thinkers and refines thinking via the critical analysis of key debates.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2159

PACIFIC 200

: Theorising Pacific Studies
2024 Semester One (1243)
Broadens and deepens knowledge of the Pacific and fosters critical understandings of how that knowledge is created. Focuses on Pacific approaches as they theorise Pacific Studies alongside other allied disciplines, identifies the influence of Pacific thinkers and refines thinking via the critical analysis of key debates.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2160

PACIFIC 200

: Theorising Pacific Studies
2023 Semester One (1233)
Broadens and deepens knowledge of the Pacific and fosters critical understandings of how that knowledge is created. Focuses on Pacific approaches as they theorise Pacific Studies alongside other allied disciplines, identifies the influence of Pacific thinkers and refines thinking via the critical analysis of key debates.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2161

PACIFIC 200

: Pacific Studies
2022 Semester One (1223)
Builds students' core knowledge of the Pacific, introducing key debates and interdisciplinary methods in Pacific Studies. The course tackles critical concerns in the Pacific Islands' region, including those of its peoples, transnationalism and globalisation, government and economy, health, wellbeing and climate.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2162

PACIFIC 200

: Pacific Studies
2021 Semester One (1213)
Builds students' core knowledge of the Pacific, introducing key debates and interdisciplinary methods in Pacific Studies. The course tackles critical concerns in the Pacific Islands' region, including those of its peoples, transnationalism and globalisation, government and economy, health, wellbeing and climate.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2163

PACIFIC 200

: Pacific Studies
2020 Semester One (1203)
Builds students' core knowledge of the Pacific, introducing key debates and interdisciplinary methods in Pacific Studies. The course tackles critical concerns in the Pacific Islands' region, including those of its peoples, transnationalism and globalisation, government and economy, health, wellbeing and climate.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2164

PACIFIC 205

: Pacific Innovation and Sustainability
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Examines innovation and sustainability of Pacific Peoples in the Pacific and within the Pacific communities of Aotearoa. Explores the adaptability and innovation of Pacific peoples to create sustainable communities that embody both traditional cultural values and identities, and are also focused on future development, opportunity, mobility, and communal success.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 305
2165

PACIFIC 205

: Pacific Innovation and Sustainability
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examines innovation and sustainability of Pacific Peoples in the Pacific and within the Pacific communities of Aotearoa. Explores the adaptability and innovation of Pacific peoples to create sustainable communities that embody both traditional cultural values and identities, and are also focused on future development, opportunity, mobility, and communal success.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 305
2166

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2024 Semester One (1243)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2167

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2022 Semester One (1223)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2168

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2020 Semester One (1203)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2169

PACIFIC 207

: Topics in Pacific Arts
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Surveys traditional Pacific art forms focusing on aesthetics, function and adaptation. Considers their histories, significance and sociocultural functioning within contemporary Pacific diasporas. Art forms covered as part of a changing global Pacific include body adornment, bilum (string bag), tatau (tattoo), tapa (barkcloth) and weaponry. Issues discussed include gender, power, ritual and the impact of new technologies on notions of tradition.  
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 308
2170

PACIFIC 208

: Gender and the Pacific in a Globalising World
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Gender affects the way identity, culture and wellbeing is experienced and navigated in the Pacific. Moreover, these processes are complicated by emerging cosmopolitanisms that impact gendered bodies, cultures, institutions, nations and states. This course examines the intersections of race, sex, biology, ableism, colonialism, nationality, politics and social movements in our constructions/understanding of gender in a Pacific and global context.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 307
2171

PACIFIC 208

: Special Topic: Gender and the Pacific in a Globalising World
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Gender affects the way identity, culture and wellbeing is experienced and navigated in the Pacific. Moreover, these processes are complicated by emerging cosmopolitanisms that impact gendered bodies, cultures, institutions, nations and states. This course examines the intersections of race, sex, biology, ableism, colonialism, nationality, politics and social movements in our constructions/understanding of gender in a Pacific and global context.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 307
2172

PACIFIC 209

: Pacific Leadership: Navigators of Change
2020 Semester One (1203)
Pacific leadership has had profound effects on Pacific peoples, playing critical roles in how Pacific societies have responded to the forces of colonisation, Christianity and capitalism. The course will examine Pacific traditional leadership and contemporary leadership in areas such as politics, academia, education, the arts, sports and health, analysing changes and developments.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 15 points from PACIFIC 100, 105, 110, or 15 points at Stage I in Education, Anthropology, History, or approval of Head of School or nominee
Restriction: PACIFIC 309
2173

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Embodied Practices 2
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2174

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2175

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice