Applied Sociology

Public Talks and Visual Sociology of New Zealand

Most of my trip in New Zealand was spent at the University of Auckland. I gave a talk on intersectionality and the March for Science as well as attending various meetings providing advice and listening to progress and thinking on inclusion in science.

The campus is stunning. Here is the inside of the Clock Tower, an impressive tall, white building with beautiful architecture.

Roof of the Clock Tower, at the University of Auckland. Ornate light fixtures and white panels

Below is a visual sociology of some of the art and museum exhibitions I attended.

Aerial view of trees and tall houses

Auckland Art Gallery

Colourful rock-like artwork hangs fromt eh roof
People sit and chat in a light-filled lobby
Installation, 'Rock Drop,' by Judy Millar. Artwork of swirling colours and interlocking panels
Wall installation with various black and white artworks, on of which says: Stop the Tour
Large gallery showing portraits of Maori people in the background. Exhibition: 'Charles F Goldie: Revealing the Painter and the Subject'
People walk outside of the Auckland Art Gallery, with impressive wooden panels above

Auckland Museum

Includes the view from the inside the Hotunui meeting house. The Hotunui Preservation Project at the Auckland Museum seeks to repair and re-lash Tukutuku (woven panels) and gable panels for Hotunui wharenui (Hotunui carved meeting house.

Outdoor colours
A large building with ornate white tower
Trees in a park
A tree-lined path
The Auckland Museum in the background, surrounded by a sprawling green lawn and a beautiful blue sky with few clouds
Entrance to the Auckland Museum is a gigantic white building with tall columns
Inside the Hotunui meeting house, where a series of ornately decorated wooden panels are laid out in triangle roof, with vertical posts inside
Side of the Hotunui meeting house, decorated with Maori tribal artwork on wooden panels
Inside of the Auckland Museum, there is a large cylindrical sphere and stairs
Skeleton of a sea mammal
Lights outside a park
Outside the Auckland Museum. It is a gigantic grey stone building

Wellington

A white playground and buildings
A brightly painted piano by the sea
Side of a public piano outdoors is decorated with the picture of a girl and a banner saying "music"
A huge red sign that says WOW, and an outdoor installation of four large silver sphered scultures
Stairs against a bright clear day
People stand in the distance of a pier
Sign painted on the sidewalk says "Slow for penguins
View of the harbour, with clear water and sky
Red sculpture of humanoid figures in red
People stand in the distance of a large park with buildings in the background

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Outside of the Museum of New Zealand. The entrance has a glass roof canopy
A large round window at the Museum of New Zealand
Exhibition 'Te tanga ki te moko: signing the Treaty'
Part of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi)
A tall wooden sculpture at the entrance of the Museum of New Zealand
Entrance to the exhition, 'Tangata o le Moana: The story of Pacific People in New Zealand'
Artwork, 'Pisupo lua afe (Corned beef 2000),' by sculptor, Michel Tuffery. Artwork of a bull made up of corned beef cans, part of the 'Colonialism - all bull' exhibition.
Image of Katerina Teaiwa, interdisciplinary scholar, featured in a video exhibition
'Female banaban dance costume,' made by Tekerawata Teboubou, Karoro Tekenimatang,and Makin Tekenimatang, Fiji. Made from Pandanus, sennit (coconut husk fibre), shells, and wool
Taxidermined eagle hangs above people eating at the Museum of Auckland cafe

New Zealand Parliament, Wellington

Gigantic silver-panel sculpture in the shape of a banana
White mushroom-shaped sculpture in a garden, with buildings in the background
Outside of a round building

Wellington Central Library

Pyramid-shaped entrance leading to the library
People walk outdoors, with a large sculpture in the background
People walk up a ramp leading to the library
Sculpture outside of the library, shaped like an infinity symbol
Outside of Wellington Central Library, a large white stone building
Inside of the Wellington Central Library, librarians stand behind a desk, beside elevators
Inside of the Wellington Central Library, where many shelves of books stand in the background
People stand and sit outside the Wellington Central Library
Side panels of the Wellington Central Library. Above two long, vertical rectangles, the stone panel says "sociology on the left," and "science" on the right
Entrance to the Wellington Central Library, a large white stone building

‘Occulture’ Exhibition, Wellington Central Library

Exhibition showing artistic tarot cards and candles
Installation of a series of rails, with large images of hands making gestures
Sculptures of hands in a large gallery space
A person stand at the background of a large gallery
Artwork, 'Spell for a Corner' by Mikala Dwyer. A series of colourful, triangular shapes arranged in a diamond, in a corner
Black and white drawing of women and the occult in a book
Various occult artefacts, such as a dish showing a woman's face, half of her as a skeleton, candles, tarot cards, necklaces, dolls, otions, and jewellery

Sociologist goes home

Part of my immigration card. Under the question 'what is the main purpose of your trip, I ticked 'conference.' Under 'What is your occupation,' I wrote, 'Sociologist'