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Critical Injuries: Collaborative Indigenous Life Writing And The Ethics Of Criticism, Michael Jacklin Jan 2004

Critical Injuries: Collaborative Indigenous Life Writing And The Ethics Of Criticism, Michael Jacklin

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

The publication of collaborative Indigenous life writing places both the text and its production under public scrutiny. The same is true for the criticism of life writing. For each, publication has consequences. Taking as its starting point the recent critical concern for harm occasioned in life writing, this article argues that in the reading of collaborative Indigenous life writing, injury may eventuate from the commentary itself .... With particular regard to the collaborative texts Ingelba and the Five Black Matriarchs and [the Canadian work] Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman, this article argues that literary criticism can benefit …


Science For Life: An Evaluation Of New Zealand's Health Research Investment System Based On International Benchmarks, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Tim Turpin, Brian Wixted Jan 2004

Science For Life: An Evaluation Of New Zealand's Health Research Investment System Based On International Benchmarks, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Tim Turpin, Brian Wixted

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

During the past decade there have been major developments in the way that research investments have been monitored and evaluated. While there are differences in the ways governments fund research around the world, and a diversity of approaches to evaluation, there are a number of common themes that can be observed in national experiences. As the importance of evaluation increases, the gap between current practice and best practice becomes more significant, and the need for comparative study and methods development grows. Current international ‘better-practice’ approaches to research evaluation and performance indicators reflect two important considerations. First, they make a clear …