AWA: Academic Writing at Auckland

Essay arguing that the effects of technology on music are positive.

Write a scene that extends upon the narrative of one of the following plays: The World of Extreme Happiness, A Streetcar Named Desire or A Midsummer Night's Dream

In her book Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist, Hortense Powdermaker wrote that "The anthropologist is a human instrument studying other human beings". Consider this statement in the context of Love and Ho ...

Choose a current social issue or event in ONE of the following areas: religion, families, work, consumption. Read the chapter on what sociology does and the sociological imagination, and the relevant chapter on your topi ...

'The period after 1945 did not witness the creation of a meaningful peace, but instead the creation of a new kind of war: the Cold War.' Discuss.

Proposes a modified Divine Command Theory in response to the 'Euthyphro Dilemma'.

Compare coverage of a single politics-related issue or event between... 2 reports in same medium. Describe how the political issue or event is communicated in each case, reflecting critically on differences between the t ...

Select an image from a gravestone ...and analyse its meaning. ...This project is intended to help you to find out about the symbolic meaning of visual images, using research tools, but also thinking independently about h ...

1. Choose any cultural text (obvious examples include advertisements, book covers, CD cases, or magazine pages). Provide an analysis of your chosen text using theory that has been covered in the course. You may wish to c ...

The symbolic meaning of visual images and how this is modified by context: origins and meaning of a gravestone image, and meaning in the context of whom the gravestone commemorated.

"The third movement of Webern's String Quartet op.5 explores the notion of musical time and defies the classical presumption that music must have harmonic progression to define a clear trajectory. Webern instead creates ...

Can we think of the Arab Spring movements in terms of ideas of power and obedience/disobedience? If so, why is this a useful framework? Explain, using a relevant theory and examples.

Discuss the arguments against selling homeopathy in community pharmacies

Describe and discuss Aristotle's views on the relationship between private property and good government. How are these views related to his critique of Plato?

Evaluation of two art pieces found in Aotea Centre

Short analysis of two works of art, appropriateness for context, both in terms of architectural/spatial setting and social role there. Which of the two works is most successful for the venue and why?

Using sweatshops as an example, examine the associate geographies of production and consumption.

Drawing on the two readings and tutorial worksheet, discuss how Auckland street name patterns reflect the different stages of Auckland's expansion.

Why did the native peoples of central and south America succumb so quickly to the Iberian conquest?

Write a brief essay on two chosen sports, including:
1. History and evolution of the sport, impact of technology on the sport. 2. Rules, regulations and objectives. 3. Physical and/or mental training required to c ...