I’uogafa Tuagalu (PHD Completed 2023)
Tāla'iga o le gafa o le vā: Storying the Ontology, Genealogy, and the Energetics of Vā: The Development of Samoan Worldview c.1000AD-1914
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Billie Lythberg, Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul
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Rafik Patel (PHD Completed 2022)
KAABA: The Heart's Centre - Kashf Al-Makān/Unveiling Spaces of Being
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Maria O'Connor
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Cecelia Faumuina (PHD Completed 2022)
'Asi: the presence of the unseen
Supervisors: Welby Ings, Jani Wilson, Albert L Refiti
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Lana Lopesi (PHD Completed 2021)
Moana Cosmopolitan Imaginaries: Toward an Emerging Theory of Moana Art
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Layne Waerea, Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul
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Azadeh Emadi (PHD Completed 2014)
Motion within motion: investigating digital video in light of substantial motion
Supervisors: Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul, Laura U.Marks, Geraldene Peters
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Moana Nepia (PHD Completed 2012)
Te Kore - Exploring the Māori concept of void
Supervisors: Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul, Welby Ings, Wiremu Kaa
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Tuputau Lelaulu (Doctoral Candidate)
Maumoana: Regenerating ‘mau’ into development and design principles for Moana ecologies
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Fleur Palmer
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Marina McCartney (Doctoral Candidate)
The Return: Moana Films and the Re-imaging of Belonging in the Diaspora
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Shuchi Kothari
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Paul Janman (Doctoral Candidate)
Other Times? A Praxis of History Film
Supervisors: Dafydd Sills-Jones, Albert L Refiti
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Jordan Poorman Cocker (Doctoral Candidate)
Indigenous Curatorial Approaches: Boñ:kòp Kiowa Beadword Through Time and Place
Supervisors: Layne Waerea, Albert L Refiti, Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul
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John Vea (PHD Completed)
Exploring Pacific Talanoa Research Methods in Visual Arts Installation and Performance Art Practices
Supervisors: Chris Braddock, Layne Waerea, Andy Thomson
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Emily Parr (Doctoral Candidate)
Restoring the Relations: Housing the Kronfeld Collection through Moving-Image Practice
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Natalie Robertson
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Arielle Walker (Doctoral Candidate)
untangling knots in the kupenga: reweaving towards reciprocal relationship through whatuora
Supervisors: Mandy Smith, Monique Redmon, Natalie Robertson
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‘Uhila Nai (Doctoral Candidate)
Tohi Kumi Koloa: The Land of each Lineage
Supervisors: Monique Redmon, Natalie Robertson, Albert L Refiti
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Jenni Tupu (Doctoral Candidate)
Being Adopted: The life long search for Self
Jenni is enrolled at Otago University but participates in our activities. Associate Investigator, Whāngai and the adoption of Māori: healing the past, transforming the future led by Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Marsden grant awarded 2017.
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Terje Koloamatangi (Doctoral Candidate)
Pursuing Pulotu: locating, recovering, and reconstructing the scared within Tongan Tātatau
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti, Billie Lythberg, Tēvita Ka'ili
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Rosanna Raymond (Doctoral Candidate)
Activating Sāvavau: Reimagining and recharging the Moana cosmopolitan imaginary through faiva body-centred art practices
Supervisors: Albert L Refiti
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