Overview
Indigenous women's roles (traditional and contemporary) within selected Polynesian communities. Topics include birthing practices, kinship and relationship practices, and female physicality.
This paper is intended to serve as a critical examination of the role of Polynesian women within their respective Polynesian cultural domains and how this role may have evolved over time. The paper will explore several interrelated themes, including the representation of Polynesian women through print and the media, such as "postcard" images.
About this paper
| Paper title | Tinā Pasifika - Women in Polynesian Communities |
|---|---|
| Subject | Pacific Studies |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,090.50 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- PACI 301 or PACI 310 or 36 300-level ANTH, GEND, HIST, INDS, MAOR , PACI points
- Restriction
- MAOR 416, PACX 401
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies' website
- Teaching staff
To be advised when next offered.
- Teaching Arrangements
This Distance Learning paper is taught remotely
- Textbooks
- Readings will be advised in the course outline.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the significance of Polynesian women in the Pacific
- Compare and contrast their own life experiences in relation to the stated course objectives
- Demonstrate a knowledge of research skills through a range of mediums, such as the visual and/or performing arts, oral and aural forms of communication
- Lead an entire online class, both through the online presentation and the facilitation of online classroom discussions
- Assessment details
Internal assessment 100%
Overview
Indigenous women's roles (traditional and contemporary) within selected Polynesian communities. Topics include birthing practices, kinship and relationship practices, and female physicality.
This paper is intended to serve as a critical examination of the role of Polynesian women within their respective Polynesian cultural domains and how this role may have evolved over time. The paper will explore several interrelated themes, including the representation of Polynesian women through print and the media, such as "postcard" images.
About this paper
| Paper title | Tinā Pasifika - Women in Polynesian Communities |
|---|---|
| Subject | Pacific Studies |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2027 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- PACI 301 or PACI 310 or 36 300-level ANTH, GEND, HIST, INDS, MAOR , PACI points
- Restriction
- MAOR 416, PACX 401
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies' website.
- Teaching staff
To be advised when next offered.
- Teaching Arrangements
This distance learning paper is taught remotely.
- Textbooks
Readings will be advised in the course outline.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the significance of Polynesian women in the Pacific.
- Compare and contrast their own life experiences in relation to the stated course objectives.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of research skills through a range of mediums, such as the visual and/or performing arts, oral and aural forms of communication.
- Lead an entire online class, both through the online presentation and the facilitation of online classroom discussions.
- Assessment details
Internal assessment 100%