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Asylum design research journal is produced by Unitec School of Architecture and published annually by ePress, Unitec’s publishing platform. The 2023 edition marks over twenty years of the publication, aptly and colloquially named after the institution that had previously occupied… Continue Reading →
The Southern Institute of Technology | Te Pūkenga was proud to host the 2022 ITP Research Symposium in Invercargill from 30 November to 2 December. After two years of online symposia because of Covid-19, it was fantastic to be able… Continue Reading →
This special issue of Asylum, guest edited by The Urban Advisory, is an opportunity to broaden the remit of the publication to be a curated collection of peer-reviewed and practitioner-led articles designed to challenge our collective thinking about a key… Continue Reading →
This co-authored paper centres the Māori cultural practice of tangi, both as a way to heal and to be heard, for four new and emerging Māori community health researchers involved in a Kaupapa Māori research mentorship. If research mentorships are… Continue Reading →
This research identifies factors to be considered in the adoption of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) accommodating the software needs of a tertiary institution. The study discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages of VDI, focusing specifically on the performance of… Continue Reading →
This paper explores the profound connections between Kaupapa Māori research and practice through the reflections of Māori practitioners. As part of a Kaupapa Māori research internship funded by Te Whatu Ora, hosted at Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, and co-led… Continue Reading →
The global population is getting older. In 2019 there were 703 million people aged ≥65 years. This figure is predicted to double to 1.5 billion, or 16% of the global population, by 2050 (United Nations, 2020). By comparison, Aotearoa New… Continue Reading →
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua. This whakataukī is sometimes translated into English as “I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past.” This seems an appropriately wise statement with which to commence this brief editorial. Looking… Continue Reading →
The survival of Pacific societies is partly attributed to the ability of Pacific ancestors to transmit stories from generation to generation through myths and legends, stories of creation, songs, oratory, art and natural environments. This paper explores the importance of… Continue Reading →