Sharon J Mclennan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1956642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon J Mclennan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mclennan |
| SIGNATURE | MCLENNAN S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9167-8818 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public health system. This paper develops the magimagi, a culturally grounded health systems resilience framework, …
Partnering for Health Workforce Development: A Case Study of Australian Volunteers International and the Solomon Islands Medical Internship Training Programme
This paper examines the Solomon Islands Graduate Intern Supervision and Support Project (SIGISSP) and its successor, the Solomon Islands Medical Partnership for Learning, Education and Research (SIMPLER), a decade‐long partnership between the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services, the National Referral Hospital and Australian Volunteers International. Triggered by the return of Cuban‐trained medical graduates and the absence of …
Weaving together: Decolonising global citizenship education in Aotearoa New Zealand
In 2017, as part of a restructuring of the Bachelor of Arts degree, Massey University introduced the compulsory second-year citizenship course Tū Rangaranga: Global Encounters. Tū Rangaranga is a Māori word meaning to weave together or establish connections. The course explores citizenship from a global perspective with a focus on rights and responsibilities. In the course, students are encouraged both to reflect on the multiple factors shaping t…
Cultural Exchange during English-Language Voluntourism (EVT) in Lima, Peru: A Postcolonial Analysis
In recent years, English-language voluntourism (EVT) has grown in popularity, with many conceptualizing it as a form of cultural exchange between English speaking volunteers and members of a non-English speaking host community. This article explores relationships between and within volunteers and host groups of an EVT program in Lima, Peru. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, we explore how bringing together voluntourists and members of ho…
The gift of health: Cuba’s development assistance in the Pacific
Since 2006, 50 Cuban doctors have worked in Pacific Island countries (PICs), while 250 Pacific islanders have studied medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba, nearly doubling the medical workforce in some countries. Although Cuba has pursued an extensive South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme in health around the globe for 60 years, the relatively recent presence of Cuba in the Pacific is intriguing. The programme is based on w…
Global encounters: Voluntourism, development and global citizenship in Fiji
This paper explores the rise of voluntourism in Fiji, a country reliant on tourism but which is a relatively new market for voluntourism. It draws from research examining the role of voluntourism in development through a case study of the experiences and discourse of voluntourists, a host community, and the staff of a commercial voluntourism organisation in Fiji. While voluntourism is the focus of significant and necessary critique, this research…
Lali'an Versus Improved Cook Stoves: How Change Happens in Urban Households in Timor-Leste
Most households in Timor-Leste use lali'an, a traditional open fire method of cooking that has considerable environmental, health, and social impacts. Many of these impacts can be mitigated using simple, low-cost, and more fuel-efficient improved cook stoves (ICSs). Drawing on qualitative data from householders, key informants, and the researcher's observations, this article explores women's experiences of using ICS in Timor-Leste. It outlines th…
Collective Memory-work as Method and Resistance
Four academic mothers share their first foray into collective memory-work while exploring academic mother subjectivities located within tertiary education in New Zealand. Originating in education and gender studies, memory-work is currently an untapped research method in anthropology. The authors invite anthropologists to explore the value of collective memory-work, particularly when all participants seek academic outputs; where power imbalances …
Passion, paternalism, and politics: DIY development and independent volunteers in Honduras
Independent development volunteers (IDVs) and their DIY development projects, although largely neglected in the literature, are part of an emerging movement of non-traditional agents within development. However, they are also participants in a deeply paradoxical industry; both a reflection of passion and commitment, and a paternalist and neo-colonial practice that reflects the messy realities of geo-political and cultural power and privilege. Thi…
Conceptualising corporate community development
Globally there is an increasing focus on the private sector as a significant development actor. One element of the private sector’s role emphasised within this new focus has been corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, whereby the private sector claims to contribute directly to local development. There is now a substantial body of work on CSR but it is a literature that is mostly polarised, dominated by concerns from the corporate persp…
Medical voluntourism in Honduras: ‘Helping’ the poor
Medical voluntourism, where health professionals travel to another country to provide medical services is a growing, but under-researched phenomenon. This article, based on qualitative research with medical voluntourists in Honduras, uses Scheyven’s (2001) continuum of voluntourism to explore the complexities of medical voluntourism. The research found that while ostensibly ‘helpful’, volunteer tourism in Honduras is often harmful, entrenching pa…
Medical voluntourism in Honduras: ‘Helping’ the poor
Medical voluntourism, where health professionals travel to another country to provide medical services is a growing, but under-researched phenomenon. This article, based on qualitative research with medical voluntourists in Honduras, uses Scheyven’s (2001) continuum of voluntourism to explore the complexities of medical voluntourism. The research found that while ostensibly ‘helpful’, volunteer tourism in Honduras is often harmful, entrenching pa…
Conceptualising corporate community development
Globally there is an increasing focus on the private sector as a significant development actor. One element of the private sector’s role emphasised within this new focus has been corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, whereby the private sector claims to contribute directly to local development. There is now a substantial body of work on CSR but it is a literature that is mostly polarised, dominated by concerns from the corporate persp…
Global encounters: Voluntourism, development and global citizenship in Fiji
This paper explores the rise of voluntourism in Fiji, a country reliant on tourism but which is a relatively new market for voluntourism. It draws from research examining the role of voluntourism in development through a case study of the experiences and discourse of voluntourists, a host community, and the staff of a commercial voluntourism organisation in Fiji. While voluntourism is the focus of significant and necessary critique, this research…
Passion, paternalism, and politics: DIY development and independent volunteers in Honduras
Independent development volunteers (IDVs) and their DIY development projects, although largely neglected in the literature, are part of an emerging movement of non-traditional agents within development. However, they are also participants in a deeply paradoxical industry; both a reflection of passion and commitment, and a paternalist and neo-colonial practice that reflects the messy realities of geo-political and cultural power and privilege. Thi…
The gift of health: Cuba’s development assistance in the Pacific
Since 2006, 50 Cuban doctors have worked in Pacific Island countries (PICs), while 250 Pacific islanders have studied medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba, nearly doubling the medical workforce in some countries. Although Cuba has pursued an extensive South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme in health around the globe for 60 years, the relatively recent presence of Cuba in the Pacific is intriguing. The programme is based on w…
Collective Memory-work as Method and Resistance
Four academic mothers share their first foray into collective memory-work while exploring academic mother subjectivities located within tertiary education in New Zealand. Originating in education and gender studies, memory-work is currently an untapped research method in anthropology. The authors invite anthropologists to explore the value of collective memory-work, particularly when all participants seek academic outputs; where power imbalances …
Medical voluntourism in Honduras: ‘Helping’ the poor
Medical voluntourism, where health professionals travel to another country to provide medical services is a growing, but under-researched phenomenon. This article, based on qualitative research with medical voluntourists in Honduras, uses Scheyven’s (2001) continuum of voluntourism to explore the complexities of medical voluntourism. The research found that while ostensibly ‘helpful’, volunteer tourism in Honduras is often harmful, entrenching pa…
Conceptualising corporate community development
Globally there is an increasing focus on the private sector as a significant development actor. One element of the private sector’s role emphasised within this new focus has been corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, whereby the private sector claims to contribute directly to local development. There is now a substantial body of work on CSR but it is a literature that is mostly polarised, dominated by concerns from the corporate persp…
Collective Memory-work as Method and Resistance
Four academic mothers share their first foray into collective memory-work while exploring academic mother subjectivities located within tertiary education in New Zealand. Originating in education and gender studies, memory-work is currently an untapped research method in anthropology. The authors invite anthropologists to explore the value of collective memory-work, particularly when all participants seek academic outputs; where power imbalances …
Passion, paternalism, and politics: DIY development and independent volunteers in Honduras
Independent development volunteers (IDVs) and their DIY development projects, although largely neglected in the literature, are part of an emerging movement of non-traditional agents within development. However, they are also participants in a deeply paradoxical industry; both a reflection of passion and commitment, and a paternalist and neo-colonial practice that reflects the messy realities of geo-political and cultural power and privilege. Thi…
Global encounters: Voluntourism, development and global citizenship in Fiji
This paper explores the rise of voluntourism in Fiji, a country reliant on tourism but which is a relatively new market for voluntourism. It draws from research examining the role of voluntourism in development through a case study of the experiences and discourse of voluntourists, a host community, and the staff of a commercial voluntourism organisation in Fiji. While voluntourism is the focus of significant and necessary critique, this research…
Lali'an Versus Improved Cook Stoves: How Change Happens in Urban Households in Timor-Leste
Most households in Timor-Leste use lali'an, a traditional open fire method of cooking that has considerable environmental, health, and social impacts. Many of these impacts can be mitigated using simple, low-cost, and more fuel-efficient improved cook stoves (ICSs). Drawing on qualitative data from householders, key informants, and the researcher's observations, this article explores women's experiences of using ICS in Timor-Leste. It outlines th…
The gift of health: Cuba’s development assistance in the Pacific
Since 2006, 50 Cuban doctors have worked in Pacific Island countries (PICs), while 250 Pacific islanders have studied medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba, nearly doubling the medical workforce in some countries. Although Cuba has pursued an extensive South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme in health around the globe for 60 years, the relatively recent presence of Cuba in the Pacific is intriguing. The programme is based on w…
Cultural Exchange during English-Language Voluntourism (EVT) in Lima, Peru: A Postcolonial Analysis
In recent years, English-language voluntourism (EVT) has grown in popularity, with many conceptualizing it as a form of cultural exchange between English speaking volunteers and members of a non-English speaking host community. This article explores relationships between and within volunteers and host groups of an EVT program in Lima, Peru. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, we explore how bringing together voluntourists and members of ho…
Weaving together: Decolonising global citizenship education in Aotearoa New Zealand
In 2017, as part of a restructuring of the Bachelor of Arts degree, Massey University introduced the compulsory second-year citizenship course Tū Rangaranga: Global Encounters. Tū Rangaranga is a Māori word meaning to weave together or establish connections. The course explores citizenship from a global perspective with a focus on rights and responsibilities. In the course, students are encouraged both to reflect on the multiple factors shaping t…
Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public health system. This paper develops the magimagi, a culturally grounded health systems resilience framework, …
Partnering for Health Workforce Development: A Case Study of Australian Volunteers International and the Solomon Islands Medical Internship Training Programme
This paper examines the Solomon Islands Graduate Intern Supervision and Support Project (SIGISSP) and its successor, the Solomon Islands Medical Partnership for Learning, Education and Research (SIMPLER), a decade‐long partnership between the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services, the National Referral Hospital and Australian Volunteers International. Triggered by the return of Cuban‐trained medical graduates and the absence of …
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (5 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Global Health and Surgery (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)