Vic Geography students have outstanding participation at the NZGS Conference, Napier 3-6 Dec 2012
Geography students from our department played a leading role at the New Zealand Geographical Society conference in Napier, Dec 1-3. Along with being one of the largest student contingents at the conference, they stood out and received the Best Geography Master Thesis Award (Anne-Marie Snider) and Best Student Presentation (Gradon Diprose).
Geography students from our department played a leading role at the New Zealand Geographical Society conference in Napier, Dec 1-3. Along with being one of the largest student contingents at the conference, they stood out and received the following awards:
Anne-Marie Snider received the Best Geography Master Thesis Award. Anne-Marie completed her thesis entitled Youth suicide, subjective well-being and the role of place in New Zealand on 2011, under the supervision of Dr Phil Morrison. Anne-Marie is now working as Research Assistant at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, building on and expanding her thesis research expertise.
Gradon Diprose, PhD candidate in Human Geography, won the award of Best Student Presentation for his two presentations: Clapping, walking and occasionally laughing: the affects of performative art in public space, and Art and resistance: ques-tions of distinction, duration and expansion.
Amanda Thomas, PhD candidate in Human Geography, played a crucial role organising and chairing the PostGraduate Workshop on Monday 3rd of December. The workshop was organised by the NZGS PostGraduate Network, in which both Amanda and Gradon play leading roles among student repre-sentatives from all other Geograhpy departments around the country. The workshop included the participation of prominent academics, including Dr Bethany Halboom, Lecturer in Environmental Studies at our school.
Our students also contributed significantly in many different sessions throughout the conference with their high-level presentations:
Paola Cevallos, Sovereign Chicha: Reflections on research positionality.
Gradon Diprose, Clapping, walking and occasionally laughing: the affects of performative art in public space. Also, he presented Art and resistance: ques-tions of distinction, duration and expansion.
Lillian Fougere, Democracy in the face of disagreement: A case study on envi-ronmentalist opposition to Escarpment Mine.
Catherine Jones et al., ‘Aidwashing with Water: The Local Impacts of FIJI Water
Cristian Leaman-Constanzo, Water management as a tool for development. Is it always good?
Anne-Marie Snider, The generational switch in suicide and wellbeing.
Amanda Thomas, Collaboration and Consensus Building -Tools to Promote Multiple Ways of Knowing Freshwater.