Second semester: July to December 2011
Course descriptions, with links to book, are below calendar.
1146 : Weta Cave Tour - Gold Card Trip $15
Wednesday 26 October (Full - waiting list available)
Waikanae/Para Railway Station
Step inside the walls of Weta, the multi academy Award winning company whose artists and craftsmen helped bring The Lord of the Rings, King Kong ,The Chronicles of Narnia and currently The Hobbit, to life.
Afterwards enjoy lunch (at your own expense) at a café frequented by Peter Jackson and his crew
Wednesday 26 October (Full - waiting list available)
Waikanae/Para Railway Station
Step inside the walls of Weta, the multi academy Award winning company whose artists and craftsmen helped bring The Lord of the Rings, King Kong ,The Chronicles of Narnia and currently The Hobbit, to life.
Afterwards enjoy lunch (at your own expense) at a café frequented by Peter Jackson and his crew
1147 : Nature Walks $5
Saturday 29 October 10am
DOC Office, MacKays Crossing
Do you have an interest in the botany and plants that are found in the Kapiti region?
A group is getting together to search out some of the different species found along local walkways.
Contact the office to put your name down.
Saturday 29 October 10am
DOC Office, MacKays Crossing
Do you have an interest in the botany and plants that are found in the Kapiti region?
A group is getting together to search out some of the different species found along local walkways.
Contact the office to put your name down.
1148 : Mobile 101 $30
Monday 15 August 10am-12noon
Kapiti Community Centre
Everything you wanted to know about using a mobile phone (including how to text) -- but were too scared to ask !
Bring along your mobile phone if you have one.
Carol Gorrie Telecom leader for Orb Communications
Monday 15 August 10am-12noon
Kapiti Community Centre
Everything you wanted to know about using a mobile phone (including how to text) -- but were too scared to ask !
Bring along your mobile phone if you have one.
Carol Gorrie Telecom leader for Orb Communications
1149 : How Do We Retain and Retrieve What we Learn? $35
Thursday 11 August 1-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre (Course Full)
How do we learn? What is entailed in the learning process, mentally and at the neurological level?
We don’t so much have a poor memory but poor storage, hence retrieval.
Why do we fail to retrieve? How can we aid the storage process to ensure successful retrieval?
How does aging effect our memories ?
Dr Peter Jackson Doctorate in Psychology
Thursday 11 August 1-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre (Course Full)
How do we learn? What is entailed in the learning process, mentally and at the neurological level?
We don’t so much have a poor memory but poor storage, hence retrieval.
Why do we fail to retrieve? How can we aid the storage process to ensure successful retrieval?
How does aging effect our memories ?
Dr Peter Jackson Doctorate in Psychology
1150 : Developing a Small Business $50
6 Tuesdays 6 September - 11 October 7-9pm
Kapiti Community Centre
This course is for those people who have just started out in a small business and need some help and support, or for those wishing to start a small business.
The course will be designed to meet the needs of those people enrolled, and may take the form of seminars, discussion groups, mentoring or action research processes.
Bring a written description of your business or intended business, together with any business plans you have made.
Batch Hales tutor for Whitireia Community Polytechnic
6 Tuesdays 6 September - 11 October 7-9pm
Kapiti Community Centre
This course is for those people who have just started out in a small business and need some help and support, or for those wishing to start a small business.
The course will be designed to meet the needs of those people enrolled, and may take the form of seminars, discussion groups, mentoring or action research processes.
Bring a written description of your business or intended business, together with any business plans you have made.
Batch Hales tutor for Whitireia Community Polytechnic
1151 : Interview Skills Techniques $40
3 Thursdays 8 September - 22 September 7-9pm
Kapiti Community Centre
This course endeavours to take some of the anxiety and nerves out of interviews by giving you techniques and practical tips to use before, during and after the interview.
It is designed to give you encouragement, confidence and motivation to handle questions at an interview and to prepare you for some of the possible situations that can arise when being interviewed for a job.
It is also designed to give you the leading edge on other candidates.
Bring notepad/paper and pen.
Maximum number: 12.
Julie Bush employment consultant
3 Thursdays 8 September - 22 September 7-9pm
Kapiti Community Centre
This course endeavours to take some of the anxiety and nerves out of interviews by giving you techniques and practical tips to use before, during and after the interview.
It is designed to give you encouragement, confidence and motivation to handle questions at an interview and to prepare you for some of the possible situations that can arise when being interviewed for a job.
It is also designed to give you the leading edge on other candidates.
Bring notepad/paper and pen.
Maximum number: 12.
Julie Bush employment consultant
ARTS, CRAFTS AND HOBBIES
1152 : Felting Fundamentals $35
Tuesday 9 August 9.30am-12.30pm
119 Raumati Road, Raumati Beach
Learn the fundamentals of felting and embellishing and making your own hand felted purse or cellphone holder.
Bring an old towel and wear clothes that are okay around water.
There will be a cost for materials of $10 per person.
Maximum number: 6
Angie Cairncross textile artist
Tuesday 9 August 9.30am-12.30pm
119 Raumati Road, Raumati Beach
Learn the fundamentals of felting and embellishing and making your own hand felted purse or cellphone holder.
Bring an old towel and wear clothes that are okay around water.
There will be a cost for materials of $10 per person.
Maximum number: 6
Angie Cairncross textile artist
1153 : Making a Pattern from an Existing Garment $40
Saturday 13 August 9.30am-3.30pm
Paraparaumu Beach Girl Guide Hall, Te Kupe Road (Course Full)
Love a piece of clothing but can’t find a pattern?
Bring along clothes you want to take a pattern of, learn useful tips and sizing rules and make a pattern for at least one garment.
We suggest you bring 3 or 4 pieces you want to copy or choose to make the pattern up in fabric.
A list of materials needed will be available on confirmation of the course starting.
Maximum number: 12
Luella Plimmer tutor
Saturday 13 August 9.30am-3.30pm
Paraparaumu Beach Girl Guide Hall, Te Kupe Road (Course Full)
Love a piece of clothing but can’t find a pattern?
Bring along clothes you want to take a pattern of, learn useful tips and sizing rules and make a pattern for at least one garment.
We suggest you bring 3 or 4 pieces you want to copy or choose to make the pattern up in fabric.
A list of materials needed will be available on confirmation of the course starting.
Maximum number: 12
Luella Plimmer tutor
1154 : Chinese Brush Painting $80
Saturday 3rd, Sunday 4th September 10am-3pm
Waikanae Arts & Crafts Hall, Elizabeth St, Waikanae
This workshop is equally attractive for both beginner and advanced artists, and is an exciting opportunity to explore new approaches or refine current practice, whether you are interested in Western water colour techniques, Chinese brush painting or both.
The workshop will focus on the subjects of plants/ flowers, animals, people and landscapes.
Students will learn how to paint with Chinese ink and colour applied with special Chinese brushes on rice paper.
Stan will demonstrate and share personal techniques, and you will work at your own level and area of interest with guidance and encouragement from Stan.
There is a $15 cost for each student for the hire of Chinese art materials (payable to the tutor).
Stan Chan artist
Saturday 3rd, Sunday 4th September 10am-3pm
Waikanae Arts & Crafts Hall, Elizabeth St, Waikanae
This workshop is equally attractive for both beginner and advanced artists, and is an exciting opportunity to explore new approaches or refine current practice, whether you are interested in Western water colour techniques, Chinese brush painting or both.
The workshop will focus on the subjects of plants/ flowers, animals, people and landscapes.
Students will learn how to paint with Chinese ink and colour applied with special Chinese brushes on rice paper.
Stan will demonstrate and share personal techniques, and you will work at your own level and area of interest with guidance and encouragement from Stan.
There is a $15 cost for each student for the hire of Chinese art materials (payable to the tutor).
Stan Chan artist
1155 : Overlocking Made Easy $40
Saturday 24 September 9.30am-3.30pm
Paraparaumu Beach Girl Guide Hall, Te Kupe Road
Find out all you ever wanted to know about your overlocker, or what an overlocker does. Bring your own 4 thread overlocker and $10 for the kit for samples made in the class. If you don’t have an overlocker and would like to come, please let the tutor know and an overlocker will be provided for you.
Maximum number: 12
Luella Plimmer tutor
Saturday 24 September 9.30am-3.30pm
Paraparaumu Beach Girl Guide Hall, Te Kupe Road
Find out all you ever wanted to know about your overlocker, or what an overlocker does. Bring your own 4 thread overlocker and $10 for the kit for samples made in the class. If you don’t have an overlocker and would like to come, please let the tutor know and an overlocker will be provided for you.
Maximum number: 12
Luella Plimmer tutor
1156 : Introduction to Photoshop $65
Saturday 30 July 9am-4pm (NB Venue change)
Kapiti College, Margaret Rd, Raumati
We cover the basics of importing an image, then working on it to produce excellent files for printing, insertion in other programs, or sending over the Internet.
A good working computer knowledge is required for the course.
Please bring your own images, and laptops.
Must have Adobe PhotoShop or Elements.
Maximum number: 12
Rick Howarth photographer and tutor
Saturday 30 July 9am-4pm (NB Venue change)
Kapiti College, Margaret Rd, Raumati
We cover the basics of importing an image, then working on it to produce excellent files for printing, insertion in other programs, or sending over the Internet.
A good working computer knowledge is required for the course.
Please bring your own images, and laptops.
Must have Adobe PhotoShop or Elements.
Maximum number: 12
Rick Howarth photographer and tutor
1157 : Digital Photography $65
Saturday 3 September 9am-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
For those of you who have a digital camera this is a beginners to intermediate course.
It will get you started with your camera and take you up to taking good photos.
Bring along your camera, its manual and lunch.
Maximum number: 12
Rick Howarth photographer and tutor
Saturday 3 September 9am-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
For those of you who have a digital camera this is a beginners to intermediate course.
It will get you started with your camera and take you up to taking good photos.
Bring along your camera, its manual and lunch.
Maximum number: 12
Rick Howarth photographer and tutor
1158 : Singing for Fun $75
8 Tuesdays 9 August - 27 September 9.45am-11.45am
Waikanae Presbyterian Church Lounge
This course is for people who see themselves as non-singers, and who would love to sing. We will learn basic vocal technique, sing simple world folk songs, and learn sufficient music theory to support our singing.
The aim of this course is to build vocal confidence in a supportive, encouraging environment.
It is founded on the belief that all of us given the right conditions can sing.
Wear loose, comfortable clothing and shoes. Bring a water bottle.
Rachel Morgan music teacher
8 Tuesdays 9 August - 27 September 9.45am-11.45am
Waikanae Presbyterian Church Lounge
This course is for people who see themselves as non-singers, and who would love to sing. We will learn basic vocal technique, sing simple world folk songs, and learn sufficient music theory to support our singing.
The aim of this course is to build vocal confidence in a supportive, encouraging environment.
It is founded on the belief that all of us given the right conditions can sing.
Wear loose, comfortable clothing and shoes. Bring a water bottle.
Rachel Morgan music teacher
1159 : Reading Shakespeare - Hamlet $50
4 Tuesdays 16 August - 6 September 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre
We will be discussing this play in which Shakespeare challenges the traditional notion of the Revenge Tragedy and where he creates one of his most complex and fascinating heroes.
Please bring a copy of the text.
Maximum number: 14
Janet Secker English literature teacher
4 Tuesdays 16 August - 6 September 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre
We will be discussing this play in which Shakespeare challenges the traditional notion of the Revenge Tragedy and where he creates one of his most complex and fascinating heroes.
Please bring a copy of the text.
Maximum number: 14
Janet Secker English literature teacher
1160 : Opera Introduction Double Bill - "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Mascagni and "Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo $35
Saturday 20 August 2-5pm
Parklands Hall, Sylvan Ave, Waikanae
"Cavalleria Rusticana" (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro Mascagni, has often been paired with 'Pagliacci" (Travelling Players) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, since soon after the premiere of "Pagliacci" at the New York Met in 1893.
"Cavalleria" was a phenomenal success from its first performance in Rome in 1890. It seems Leoncavallo decided to compose a similar "verismo" (realistic) opera after seeing Mascagni's success. "Cavalleria" is set in a Sicilian village on Easter Sunday. Turiddu has returned from army service to find his love, Lola, married to Alfeo. He woos Santuzza, but then rejects her when he and Lola again become lovers. Alfeo exacts murderous retribution.
"Pagliacci's" lovers' tangled web takes the form of a play-within-a-play. A commedia del'arte group is performing in a village and Canio, Nedda's husband, finds out about her affair and kills her and her lover, on stage during the performance. Canio's bitter aria "Vesti la giubba" (Put on the Costume) laments the fate of a performer whose heart is breaking, but he must donn his costume and prepare to laugh. It is justly one of the most popular in opera repertoire.
Peter Baillie opera singer
Saturday 20 August 2-5pm
Parklands Hall, Sylvan Ave, Waikanae
"Cavalleria Rusticana" (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro Mascagni, has often been paired with 'Pagliacci" (Travelling Players) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, since soon after the premiere of "Pagliacci" at the New York Met in 1893.
"Cavalleria" was a phenomenal success from its first performance in Rome in 1890. It seems Leoncavallo decided to compose a similar "verismo" (realistic) opera after seeing Mascagni's success. "Cavalleria" is set in a Sicilian village on Easter Sunday. Turiddu has returned from army service to find his love, Lola, married to Alfeo. He woos Santuzza, but then rejects her when he and Lola again become lovers. Alfeo exacts murderous retribution.
"Pagliacci's" lovers' tangled web takes the form of a play-within-a-play. A commedia del'arte group is performing in a village and Canio, Nedda's husband, finds out about her affair and kills her and her lover, on stage during the performance. Canio's bitter aria "Vesti la giubba" (Put on the Costume) laments the fate of a performer whose heart is breaking, but he must donn his costume and prepare to laugh. It is justly one of the most popular in opera repertoire.
Peter Baillie opera singer
1161 : Revitalise your Speaking Voice (Level Two) $40
2 Saturdays 3 September - 10 September 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
This course is open to members of the Level One voice classes from September 2010 and May 2011.
It consolidates and extends the vocal work of the Level One. There is no assumption that participants will have been doing regular voice exercises, though great if you have!
Saturday 3 September – Breath, Sound and Resonance:
Saturday 10 September – Articulation and the Spoken Word.
Bring your original notes, plus writing materials, small cushion, and hand-mirror.
Maximum number: 12
Lynda Burnett voice teacher, actress, writer
2 Saturdays 3 September - 10 September 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
This course is open to members of the Level One voice classes from September 2010 and May 2011.
It consolidates and extends the vocal work of the Level One. There is no assumption that participants will have been doing regular voice exercises, though great if you have!
Saturday 3 September – Breath, Sound and Resonance:
Saturday 10 September – Articulation and the Spoken Word.
Bring your original notes, plus writing materials, small cushion, and hand-mirror.
Maximum number: 12
Lynda Burnett voice teacher, actress, writer
1162 : Vivaldi to Verdi Singles $85
Couples $150
8 Wednesdays 7 September - 2 November 9.45-11.45am
Parklands Hall, Sylvan Ave, Waikanae
A musical journey which includes composers from the Baroque period through the centuries to Grand Opera, with visits to Venice, Florence, Milan and Rome.
Jane Godfrey music teacher
Couples $150
8 Wednesdays 7 September - 2 November 9.45-11.45am
Parklands Hall, Sylvan Ave, Waikanae
A musical journey which includes composers from the Baroque period through the centuries to Grand Opera, with visits to Venice, Florence, Milan and Rome.
Jane Godfrey music teacher
| 1162 : | $85 Singles | ||
| 1162b: | $150 Doubles |
1163 : George Gordon, Lord Byron - The Satirist $40
2 Thursdays 10 November - 17 November 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
Brilliant and beautiful, scandalous and shocking, charismatic and contradictory – the legend that is Byron.
We will attempt to capture the larger-than-life character of this quintessentially Romantic of poets.
Then we will read, discuss and be entertained by professional recordings, mainly extracts from his epic satire Don Juan, linked with sparkling tunes by Fritz Kreisler.
Text of all readings in the course is provided.
Maximum number: 14.
Lynda Burnett actress, editor, teacher
2 Thursdays 10 November - 17 November 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
Brilliant and beautiful, scandalous and shocking, charismatic and contradictory – the legend that is Byron.
We will attempt to capture the larger-than-life character of this quintessentially Romantic of poets.
Then we will read, discuss and be entertained by professional recordings, mainly extracts from his epic satire Don Juan, linked with sparkling tunes by Fritz Kreisler.
Text of all readings in the course is provided.
Maximum number: 14.
Lynda Burnett actress, editor, teacher
1164 : Reading Shakespeare - The Winter's Tale $50
4 Tuesdays 29 November - 20 December 2-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
This is one of Shakespeare`s later plays which is classed as a "Romance" and sometimes as a "Problem Play".
The plot contains elements of both tragedy and comedy, and the work is rich in symbolism and fine poetry.
Please bring a copy of the text.
Maximum number: 14
Janet Secker English literature teacher
4 Tuesdays 29 November - 20 December 2-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
This is one of Shakespeare`s later plays which is classed as a "Romance" and sometimes as a "Problem Play".
The plot contains elements of both tragedy and comedy, and the work is rich in symbolism and fine poetry.
Please bring a copy of the text.
Maximum number: 14
Janet Secker English literature teacher
EXPLORING AND RECORDING HISTORY
1165 : Roman Britain $45
2 Sundays 11 September - 18 September 1.30-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
These lectures will explore the British Isles and their relationship to the Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar first invaded Britain in the 50s BC, but it was not until AD 43 that Claudius launched an invasion that had lasting effects. The Romans conquered much of Britain over the next fifty years and Romanised the population over almost four centuries.
We will discuss the tribes of the islands of Britain, their culture and history, the nature of the Roman conquest and the effects, military, social, economic and cultural on the "Britons", as well as the means by which archaeologists (especially) and historians discover the world of Roman Britain.
The last lecture will conclude with a brief discussion of why the Romans left Britain and the legacy they left behind them when they did.
Dr Matthew Trundle Senior Lecturer in Classics, Victoria University of Wellington
2 Sundays 11 September - 18 September 1.30-4pm
Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room
These lectures will explore the British Isles and their relationship to the Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar first invaded Britain in the 50s BC, but it was not until AD 43 that Claudius launched an invasion that had lasting effects. The Romans conquered much of Britain over the next fifty years and Romanised the population over almost four centuries.
We will discuss the tribes of the islands of Britain, their culture and history, the nature of the Roman conquest and the effects, military, social, economic and cultural on the "Britons", as well as the means by which archaeologists (especially) and historians discover the world of Roman Britain.
The last lecture will conclude with a brief discussion of why the Romans left Britain and the legacy they left behind them when they did.
Dr Matthew Trundle Senior Lecturer in Classics, Victoria University of Wellington
1166 : Online Family Trees $30
Kapiti Genealogy Members $25
Thursday 20 October 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
How can online family trees help your own research?
There are an enormous number of existing family trees already online, with varying degrees of accuracy and completeness.
You will learn where to find them and how to recognise and deal with some of the pitfalls involved, e.g. inaccurate data.
We will also touch on some of the ways to publish your own research in such trees in the hope of finding other relations to share your research with, whilst also dealing with some of the issues, e.g. privacy.
Some of the sites that will be discussed: ancestry.com, RootsWeb, GenesReunited, MyHeritage, FamNet
Lorna Henderson genealogist
Kapiti Genealogy Members $25
Thursday 20 October 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
How can online family trees help your own research?
There are an enormous number of existing family trees already online, with varying degrees of accuracy and completeness.
You will learn where to find them and how to recognise and deal with some of the pitfalls involved, e.g. inaccurate data.
We will also touch on some of the ways to publish your own research in such trees in the hope of finding other relations to share your research with, whilst also dealing with some of the issues, e.g. privacy.
Some of the sites that will be discussed: ancestry.com, RootsWeb, GenesReunited, MyHeritage, FamNet
Lorna Henderson genealogist
| 1166: | $30 | ||
| 1166b: | $25 Kapiti Genealogy Members |
1167 : Learn to Speak German - All Levels $90
8 Thursdays 4 August - 22 September 7-9pm (NB end date differs from brochure)
Kapiti College, Margaret Ave, Raumati Beach
Classes will focus on basic oral and written communication skills used in everyday life.
It will appeal to those wishing to start conversing in German or practice basic and/or more advanced German they already know.
Susanne Sandig teacher and native speaker
8 Thursdays 4 August - 22 September 7-9pm (NB end date differs from brochure)
Kapiti College, Margaret Ave, Raumati Beach
Classes will focus on basic oral and written communication skills used in everyday life.
It will appeal to those wishing to start conversing in German or practice basic and/or more advanced German they already know.
Susanne Sandig teacher and native speaker
SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
1168 : The Global Financial Crisis Part II (The Ethical Dimension) $15
Saturday 27 August 2-3pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
This is a follow up talk for those that enjoyed Gerald’s first talk explaining the repercussions of the International Financial Crisis which came to a head in 2008 with huge repercussions for almost all global economies and was the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Gerald McGhie retired diplomat, ambassador, former Chair of Transparency International NZ
Saturday 27 August 2-3pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
This is a follow up talk for those that enjoyed Gerald’s first talk explaining the repercussions of the International Financial Crisis which came to a head in 2008 with huge repercussions for almost all global economies and was the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Gerald McGhie retired diplomat, ambassador, former Chair of Transparency International NZ
1169 : Explosions in Kapiti - The 2010 and 2011 Coast to Coast Subsurface Imaging Experience of the Wellington Region $30
Thursday 3 November 10.30am-12.30pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
What inadvertently woke the residents of Paekakariki at 4:46am on Wednesday May 11?
GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington, in conjunction with the University of Tokyo (Earthquake Research Institute) and the University of Southern California, installed a dense array of seismometers across the lower North Island during the summer of 2010 and again in May 2011.
Dr Henrys will explain how this will help to determine rock properties beneath Wellington and better diagnose why some places on the subduction plate boundary are more prone to major destructive earthquakes.
Dr Stuart Henrys senior research scientist at GNS Science
Thursday 3 November 10.30am-12.30pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
What inadvertently woke the residents of Paekakariki at 4:46am on Wednesday May 11?
GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington, in conjunction with the University of Tokyo (Earthquake Research Institute) and the University of Southern California, installed a dense array of seismometers across the lower North Island during the summer of 2010 and again in May 2011.
Dr Henrys will explain how this will help to determine rock properties beneath Wellington and better diagnose why some places on the subduction plate boundary are more prone to major destructive earthquakes.
Dr Stuart Henrys senior research scientist at GNS Science
1170 : Space, Time, Gravity, Galaxies, Stars and Black Holes $40
Saturday 12 November 10am-4.30pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
These six components of the Universe are well known, but the ways in which they interact; together with other less obvious entities and forces to give the Universe the form we are familiar with makes an interesting story.
In this session we will be looking mainly at the interactions and seeing how they have shaped the universe beyond Earth.
Frank Andrews astronomer, educator from Carter Observatory
Saturday 12 November 10am-4.30pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
These six components of the Universe are well known, but the ways in which they interact; together with other less obvious entities and forces to give the Universe the form we are familiar with makes an interesting story.
In this session we will be looking mainly at the interactions and seeing how they have shaped the universe beyond Earth.
Frank Andrews astronomer, educator from Carter Observatory
1171 : India's Caste System $30
Sunday 30 October 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
In this lecture, Dr. Weiss discusses the way the caste system works in India today.
Caste divisions influence many of the most important social relationships in India, such as friendship and marriage, and they also dictate cultural practices, such as eating habits, styles of dress, and religious practices.
We will also consider the future of caste, as a number of ‘modern’ institutions, such as work spaces, universities, and love marriages (popularised by Bollywood films!) undermine caste traditions.
Rick Weiss lecturer in Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Sunday 30 October 2-4pm
Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu
In this lecture, Dr. Weiss discusses the way the caste system works in India today.
Caste divisions influence many of the most important social relationships in India, such as friendship and marriage, and they also dictate cultural practices, such as eating habits, styles of dress, and religious practices.
We will also consider the future of caste, as a number of ‘modern’ institutions, such as work spaces, universities, and love marriages (popularised by Bollywood films!) undermine caste traditions.
Rick Weiss lecturer in Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington