Last round of presentations for this year’s research week/s at Ara Institute of Cantebury.
Today’s session held at the Manawa campus by the
Christchurch health precinct.
Notes taken during presentations below.
Sampath Gunawardana Hewa Malge (Hospitality) presents on ‘territorial
behaviours and other customer’s experiences: Evidence from NZ cafes. Introduced
the concept of ‘boundary marking behaviours’ in the context of how people see
their use of space in NZ cafes. Territories may be primary, secondary or
public. Some people use public territories like cafes as primary (personal)
space and this may diminish the experience of other customers, who are unable
to get into the café. There is a gap in exploring commercial third spaces. In
general, studies carried out in US of A context, not in NZ. Shared research
aims and methods (mixed). Rationalised the need for study, to assist business
practices, inform innovative use of space by businesses and add to the
knowledge of topic.
Dr. Mazharuddin Syed Ahmeh (Engineering and
Architecture Studies) shares his work on ‘BIM education in NZ’. Provided the
background on the development of the Graduate Diploma and how this have been
adapted by other universities and polytechnics in NZ. Content and technology
are being disrupted, these impact on how educational programmes are structured.
For BIM, there has been significant disruption on construction documentation
from ‘secret’ plans to becoming collaborative digital objects available to all.
BIM is also not only construction embedded but includes much more, including
layers on social/history, sustainability etc. BIM is only one of the disruptive
technologies on construction/engineering contributed to by digital technologies
including AI, drones, internet of things etc. Programme development was
informed by literature review, stakeholder consultation, job outcomes and data
mining created the main topics. Education also has to shift to ‘classroom 5.0
with more co-construction, collaborative, inquiry/problem based learning. Shared
the work that has gone into aligning teaching and learning to the
possibilities. Explained the methodology for present study on BIM education in
NZ. Shared the proposed ontological framework for BIM education and now this is
applied to teaching and learning.
Dr. Anna Richardson (Nursing) shares her work on ‘Nurses’
descriptions and practices of family engagement in intensive care settings: an
international, multisite, qualitative descriptive study’. Used her academic
study leave to visit Universities in the UK and the U S of A to work on ‘family
nursing’. At the University of Minnesota and Mankato, she viewed their ‘family
centred’ four year curriculum which then resulted in an invitation to be part
of the international project. Shared her learning from this research. There is
interest in the NZ approaches particularly the family/whanau centred nursing
(Meihana model and cultural safety practices). Need to include this into the
reworked Bachelor in Nursing programme. Provided examples from her study, of
the empathy and family inclusion ICU nurses and support staff exhibit in their
work.
Dr. Dorle Pauli (Creative) discusses her work onMichael Reed’s ‘medals of dishonour’. Provided a summary of the work of Michael
Reed, who was a lecturer at Ara for over 30 years and a print maker/artist.
Shared examples of Michael’s work and provided the stories, inspiration and
interpretations of these pieces of work. Much of Michael’s work has a social
justice framework. Michael’s work evolved from the realist to much more
representative – with increasing depth, widening internationality and technical
craftsmanship across the years across various print and then mixed media. Explained
the rationale, evolution and creative approaches in the ‘transgressions/medals
for dishonour’ series and how the stories underpinning these are reflected in
his most recent pieces of work. Exampled by ‘Dart’ which is a A4 sized copper
piece folded into a dart, with the imprint of article 1 of the charter for
human rights (in Maori).
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