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Tui Rakuita imagePhD (ANU)

Lecturer

Contact details

Room 6C24, Richardson Building
Email tui.rakuita@otago.ac.nz

My research revolves around the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, as well as its antecedents in Continental philosophy.

I also have an abiding interest in examining the synergies that could be accrued from re-examining discourses on the Pacific from the point of view of Critical Theory in general.

Courses

Publications

Tuimaleali'ifano, M., Sakai, S., Rakuita, E., & Rakuita, N. T. (2024). Bridging the divides and healing the Vanua: The role of the tukutuku raraba in the history of Fijians and the importance of critical review in modern Fiji. The example from the succession to the Vunivalu title of the yavusa Sovatabua, Natewa. (pp. 1-214). Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific. Retrieved from https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14686/ Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Gibbs, A., Wei, J., Gilmour, F., Dougherty, J., Bond, P., Bohn, S., Silver, E., Biggs, L., & Rakuita, T. (Eds.). (2024). Proceedings of the Te Taura Takata Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology Postgraduate Symposium VIII. Dunedin, New Zealand: Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology Programme, University of Otago. 42p. Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings

Vakaoti, P., & Rakuita, T. (2024). A sociology of ‘our sea of islands’. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Rakuita, T. (2024). From an ideology of 'place' to an ontology of 'presence': Towards a new constellation in Pacific thought. Pacific Dynamics, 8(1), 551-564. doi: 10.26021/15182 Journal - Research Article

Gibbs, A., Wei, J., Gilmour, F., Dougherty, J., Bond, P., Bohn, S., Biggs, L., & Rakuita, T. (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology and Social & Community Work Postgraduate Symposium VII. Dunedin, New Zealand: Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology Programme, University of Otago. 44p. Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings

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