Research
Mission
The mission of the Centre for Research on National Identity is to:
- Identify the constituents of contemporary New Zealand identity
- Identify the processes and effects of identity-formation in New Zealand society, both historically and in the present
- Speculate on future exigencies and outcomes of these processes
- Disseminate the findings of research through publications and outreach activities.
Research Programme
Research Programme of the Centre, 2008-2010
The formal research programme of the Centre for Research on National Identity for 2008-2010 consists of seven designated research projects:
- Cinematic and Televisual Adaptations and Remediations of Literary Texts as a Vehicle for the Exploration of Cultural and National Identities
- Landscape & National Identity in Aotearoa NZ
- Migration in NZ from a Mental Health Perspective
- New Zealand Print Culture
- New Zealand Musical Identity: Regional Expressions
- Public Opinion and New Zealand Foreign Policy
- Te Whakapapa o te Whakapono: Lineages of Faith
- Regionality in New Zealand History and Culture
Other Research Projects
Other CRNI research projects, listed by theme:
- Constructions/representations of New Zealand identity in literature, film, media, music, theatre and other arts
- Biculturalism, multiculturalism, indigeneity, diaspora and hybridity in the formation of New Zealand identity/identities
- New Zealand social, legal and political institutions, practices, and issues as determinants of identity
- The Impact of the New Zealand environment on identity, and on social and economic practices
- Gendered identities in New Zealand
- New Zealand's social, economic, and political history
Past Projects
Research projects completed in 2009: