Tense and the other: Temporality and urban multiculture in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Higgins, Katie

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“…Lambeth (2010) further explains that the government desires to rationalize living together and to cherish each other's heritage, thus creating a national sense of belonging. In this regard, Higgins (2018) expresses his concern through post-colonial melancholia and the nostalgia of the past on how tensions during colonialism were acceptable to the public. Yeoh, Acedera & Rootham (2019) explain that nationalist thinking can be complex especially for the Malays, Chinese, and Indians unless they all negotiate to understand the context of unity in a country.…”

Section: Patriotism and Historic Sitementioning

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Development of Patriotism among Multiethnic Youths at Commemorative Heroic Site

Johari¹

2021

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The study is relevant to display a determination in showing commitment and enthusiasm to achieve unity goals in the country through ethnic heritage representation at a gallery. The spirit of patriotism needs to be inspired and motivated into the tourists especially among Malaysian youth since children. It was reported that majority of Malaysian youths scored a moderate level of patriotism with negative attitudes. This signified an alarming situation since youth is the future leaders. However, there are limited studies that examined the level of patriotism among Malaysian youth tourists at a commemorative historical site. It is still unclear how youth develop their patriotic spirit during a visit to a memorial historical site. This is because they never understood the colonial dominance that devastated many of our forefather's happiness. The study utilized quantitative approach by employing systematic random sampling using intercept technique that every fifth respondent who exit the historical complex was approached. Overall, only 252 respondents were used for the study, which recorded 72.8% responses from overall sample size. Results revealed that after visiting commemorative historic site, they identified that historical sites were important (𝑥̅ =4.5794) that made them become a loyal citizen (𝑥̅ =4.7054) and appreciated the sacrifices made by the past warrior. Dimension of national pride, connection to countrymen and national belonging were all statistically significant at P<.005. Further research should be conducted at a more holistic level among multi-ethnic communities nationwide to identify their patriotism based on the shared cross-cultural immersion that have been long practiced in the country since independence.

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Section: Patriotism and Historic Sitementioning

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Development of Patriotism among Multiethnic Youths at Commemorative Heroic Site

Johari¹

2021

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“…The ways in which people learn to live with difference in this diverse settler colonial city is shaped by the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, belonging and othering. Despite its being a superdiverse city (Spoonley, 2014), privileged (usually white) urban residents can minimise or avoid encounters with racialised difference (Higgins, 2019). Yet, these same residents will prioritise attendance at Auckland's Pride events which are led by, and incorporate, tikanga M aori (M aori cultural practices) as well as different Pacific group participation.…”

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Play, protest and pride: Un/happy queers of Proud to Play in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Johnston

Waitt

2020

Urban Studies

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This article extends discussion of urban activism through paying attention to the emotional and embodied politics of a sports event. We draw on research of the ‘Proud to Play Games’, an inaugural regional multi-sports event held during the Auckland Pride Festival in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2016. Feminist and queer theories of emotion and affect – particularly the promise of happiness – produce nuanced understandings of urban gay pride events. We focus on the experiences of three Proud to Play participants as they illustrate the tensions of play/protest, happy/sad and pride/shame in Auckland. The portraits highlight: a homonormativity pursuit of happiness and youthful masculine athleticism; precarious happiness and oppositional lesbian desire; and, the pursuit of indigenous happiness. Through attention to affective and emotional politics, we demonstrate that Proud to Play can challenge heteronormative urban space by simultaneously fighting for a better future and making a claim for the right to be unhappy.

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“…Building on Gutkowski's (2018) examination of environmentalism as a powerful discursive tool for governing the future in Israel/Palestine, this article aims to further explore how environmental violence spans multiple temporalities. This approach also sheds light on how constructions of the future, which are informed by enduring colonial epistemologies (Higgins, 2019), are resisted on the ground.…”

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Cultivating biodiverse futures at the (postcolonial) botanical garden

Hassouna

2023

Trans Inst British Geog

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This article examines ecological practices at the Palestine Museum of Natural History in Bethlehem, West Bank. Through an analysis of the museum's botanical gardens, the article explores what it calls ‘biodiverse futures’ as a spatio‐temporal alternative to the ecological domination of settler colonialism in Israel/Palestine. While much scholarship has focused on the environmental imaginaries that have informed colonial conquest in Palestine, this paper draws attention to the ways in which these relationships extend into constructions of the future. Combining the literature on environmental violence with the literature on futurity and decolonisation, this article develops an approach that foregrounds the relevance of ‘ecological temporalities’ in examining alternatives to settler futures in Israel/Palestine. To date, only a limited number of contributions have examined environmentalism as a powerful discursive tool for constructing the future. The case of the museum gardens highlights three interrelated aspects of the production of ecological counter‐futures: futures as knowledge, futures as (bio)diversity, and futures as survival. Drawing on ethnographic material and interviews with museum staff and volunteers, this paper contributes to the study of the temporalities of environmental violence and ecological resistance in Israel/Palestine.

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Tense and the other: Temporality and urban multiculture in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

Development of Patriotism among Multiethnic Youths at Commemorative Heroic Site

Development of Patriotism among Multiethnic Youths at Commemorative Heroic Site

Play, protest and pride: Un/happy queers of Proud to Play in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Cultivating biodiverse futures at the (postcolonial) botanical garden

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