MA thesis

Read about the theses written by past MA students and where they have gone on to work.

Miranda Williamson

Miranda's thesis explores oral history as a methodology when researching built heritage.
Chelsea Torrance

Chelsea's thesis focuses on the ways masculinity and New Zealand national identity are represented in museums.
Paulette Milnes

Paulette combined her interests in museum, medicine, and tertiary education in a thesis examining university museums.
Sophie King

Sophie's work focused on museum studies and criminology, bringing together a variety of debates surrounding public perceptions of war and activism in museums.
Bruce Phillips

Bruce explored how a critical awareness of performativity and contextualisation can influence the function of art institutions for the benefit of artists.
Anna Abernethy

Anna used her two decades of work experience in the heritage and tourism sectors to investigate new types of revenue generation in museums.
Susette Goldsmith

For her thesis, Susette examined the contribution that gardens can make to the visitor experience at historic places.
Kiri Griffin

Kiri Griffin's thesis focused on the relationship between private collectors who shared their collections publicly and the publicly funded heritage sector.
Lynette Townsend

After her MA thesis, Lynette continued to work at Te Papa Tongarewa as history curator and kept a focus on New Zealand childhood as an area ongoing research.