Michael Mackay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Mackay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Mackay |
| SIGNATURE | MACKAY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lincoln University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3948-8130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Tourism and biosecurity
There is growing interest in the use and utility of news media content analysis in tourism research. We report a content analysis of 153 news media articles on a topic of growing interest among tourism researchers globally: tourism and biosecurity. Our work is based on media reports from Aotearoa New Zealand news sources over the period 2009–2019, identifying five key themes. Together they illustrate how tourism, nature conservation, agriculture,…
Integrated impact assessment for land and water management
The Pure Language Project
In the summer of 1835, Joseph Smith and his associates purchased four mummies and some papyri scrolls from Michael Chandler.1 That summer Joseph would participate in a project that would produce a fascinating set of texts, referred to today as the Egyptian Language Documents (ELD), used and compiled mostly in Kirtland, but also consulted and expanded in Nauvoo.2 These documents, which include three incomplete variants of what was called an “alpha…
Interpreting the ‘rural mural’ phenomenon
Consistent with discussions about public art and creative place-making in processes of rural settlement regeneration, this paper reports an enquiry into the recent appearance of large outdoor murals in several rural towns in the South and Mid Canterbury regions of Te Waipounamu the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The enquiry is part of a larger study of rural settlement regeneration in which a variety of social, cultural, environmental, and…
Social impact assessment and (realist) evaluation
In this paper we reflect on the interlinkages between social impact assessment and evaluation and, in particular, realist evaluation. To examine the connections between these fields of practice we draw on recent research in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, in which we linked social impact assessment and elements of realist evaluation in the study of rural and small-town regeneration. We use the research to identify a number of connection…
Local benevolent property development entrepreneurs in small town regeneration
Derived from a wider study of place-based economic, social, cultural and environmental regeneration initiatives in small regional New Zealand towns, and reflecting on international research that emphasises the importance of long-term collaborative effort, effective governance and locally-based leadership in regional regeneration, this paper examines the ways locally-based benevolent property development entrepreneurs are attempting to contribute …
Making space for community in super-productivist rural settings
This paper contributes a perspective on an enduring debate in rural studies about the transformation of rural areas in developed market economies into more or less ‘productivist’ landscapes. We focus on the conceptual category of ‘super-productivism’ and its reference to distinct super-charged production zones that are fundamentally shaped by the practices of high input and yielding, highly technical, narrowly profit-orientated agri-businesses op…
Disrupting the regional housing market
Therole of accommodation-sharing platforms, suchas Airbnb,is seen as a disruptionto more conventional accommodation providers and rental markets in many cities and regions worldwide. This Regional Graphic focuses on New Zealand, showing a snapshot in time of the spatial distribution of the accommodation provided by Airbnb. What the map shows are patterns of statistically significant mildly positive clustering (Moran’s I=0.33, p≤0.05) of the Airbn…
Interpretive walks
This article draws on the application of interpretive walks in a socio-geographical study of tourism-oriented entrepreneurial activity on multi-generational family farms in New Zealand. We highlight the great potential this method holds for tourism researchers interested in the ways tourist spaces are produced in processes of place-making. Mobile methods have been a feature of qualitative field research in several disciplines for some time, parti…
DIY Dreams and the Potential of Home
Despite the cultural and economic importance of do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement, questions about its role in the production and consumption of home have been traversed in only a limited way in the housing studies literature. We consider New Zealanders’ DIY house improvement intentions and what these ideas for house modification reveal about the idealized relationships they have with their dwellings. We focus on homeowners’ thinking and drea…
The globalising world of DIY house improvement
This paper reports a study of DIY house improvement focusing on its globalising material and commercial elements. Using a multi-method approach and a New Zealand case study we illustrate the importance in housing studies, and research into homemaking in particular, of taking account of DIY practice. We emphasise that it is not possible for housing researchers to account fully for the role and function of DIY without interpreting it as a cultural …
Practice issues for integrating strategic social assessment into the setting of environmental limits
There is mounting concern in New Zealand and worldwide about the impacts of current and projected land-use activities on freshwater quality. In 2011, the New Zealand government effected the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, requiring all regional councils to establish freshwater nutrient loads and water allocation measures in their land and water regional plans. These ‘limits’ must achieve locally defined social, economic and c…
Putting pinot alongside merino in Cromwell District, Central Otago, New Zealand
Environmental rights and the US system of protection
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been the subject of much controversy during the twenty or so years since its establishment-much more controversy than other agencies created at around the same time. Descriptions of the EPA's failures often focus upon the inherent faults in its structure and on the statutes it was asked to administer. One point almost completely ignored is the fact that, unlike other agencies of the 'rights revolut…
Putting pinot alongside merino in Cromwell District, Central Otago, New Zealand
DIY Dreams and the Potential of Home
Despite the cultural and economic importance of do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement, questions about its role in the production and consumption of home have been traversed in only a limited way in the housing studies literature. We consider New Zealanders’ DIY house improvement intentions and what these ideas for house modification reveal about the idealized relationships they have with their dwellings. We focus on homeowners’ thinking and drea…
Making space for community in super-productivist rural settings
This paper contributes a perspective on an enduring debate in rural studies about the transformation of rural areas in developed market economies into more or less ‘productivist’ landscapes. We focus on the conceptual category of ‘super-productivism’ and its reference to distinct super-charged production zones that are fundamentally shaped by the practices of high input and yielding, highly technical, narrowly profit-orientated agri-businesses op…
Integrated impact assessment for land and water management
Interpretive walks
This article draws on the application of interpretive walks in a socio-geographical study of tourism-oriented entrepreneurial activity on multi-generational family farms in New Zealand. We highlight the great potential this method holds for tourism researchers interested in the ways tourist spaces are produced in processes of place-making. Mobile methods have been a feature of qualitative field research in several disciplines for some time, parti…
Disrupting the regional housing market
Therole of accommodation-sharing platforms, suchas Airbnb,is seen as a disruptionto more conventional accommodation providers and rental markets in many cities and regions worldwide. This Regional Graphic focuses on New Zealand, showing a snapshot in time of the spatial distribution of the accommodation provided by Airbnb. What the map shows are patterns of statistically significant mildly positive clustering (Moran’s I=0.33, p≤0.05) of the Airbn…
The globalising world of DIY house improvement
This paper reports a study of DIY house improvement focusing on its globalising material and commercial elements. Using a multi-method approach and a New Zealand case study we illustrate the importance in housing studies, and research into homemaking in particular, of taking account of DIY practice. We emphasise that it is not possible for housing researchers to account fully for the role and function of DIY without interpreting it as a cultural …
Interpreting the ‘rural mural’ phenomenon
Consistent with discussions about public art and creative place-making in processes of rural settlement regeneration, this paper reports an enquiry into the recent appearance of large outdoor murals in several rural towns in the South and Mid Canterbury regions of Te Waipounamu the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The enquiry is part of a larger study of rural settlement regeneration in which a variety of social, cultural, environmental, and…
Tourism and biosecurity
There is growing interest in the use and utility of news media content analysis in tourism research. We report a content analysis of 153 news media articles on a topic of growing interest among tourism researchers globally: tourism and biosecurity. Our work is based on media reports from Aotearoa New Zealand news sources over the period 2009–2019, identifying five key themes. Together they illustrate how tourism, nature conservation, agriculture,…
Environmental rights and the US system of protection
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been the subject of much controversy during the twenty or so years since its establishment-much more controversy than other agencies created at around the same time. Descriptions of the EPA's failures often focus upon the inherent faults in its structure and on the statutes it was asked to administer. One point almost completely ignored is the fact that, unlike other agencies of the 'rights revolut…
Putting pinot alongside merino in Cromwell District, Central Otago, New Zealand
Practice issues for integrating strategic social assessment into the setting of environmental limits
There is mounting concern in New Zealand and worldwide about the impacts of current and projected land-use activities on freshwater quality. In 2011, the New Zealand government effected the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, requiring all regional councils to establish freshwater nutrient loads and water allocation measures in their land and water regional plans. These ‘limits’ must achieve locally defined social, economic and c…
DIY Dreams and the Potential of Home
Despite the cultural and economic importance of do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement, questions about its role in the production and consumption of home have been traversed in only a limited way in the housing studies literature. We consider New Zealanders’ DIY house improvement intentions and what these ideas for house modification reveal about the idealized relationships they have with their dwellings. We focus on homeowners’ thinking and drea…
The globalising world of DIY house improvement
This paper reports a study of DIY house improvement focusing on its globalising material and commercial elements. Using a multi-method approach and a New Zealand case study we illustrate the importance in housing studies, and research into homemaking in particular, of taking account of DIY practice. We emphasise that it is not possible for housing researchers to account fully for the role and function of DIY without interpreting it as a cultural …
Interpretive walks
This article draws on the application of interpretive walks in a socio-geographical study of tourism-oriented entrepreneurial activity on multi-generational family farms in New Zealand. We highlight the great potential this method holds for tourism researchers interested in the ways tourist spaces are produced in processes of place-making. Mobile methods have been a feature of qualitative field research in several disciplines for some time, parti…
Making space for community in super-productivist rural settings
This paper contributes a perspective on an enduring debate in rural studies about the transformation of rural areas in developed market economies into more or less ‘productivist’ landscapes. We focus on the conceptual category of ‘super-productivism’ and its reference to distinct super-charged production zones that are fundamentally shaped by the practices of high input and yielding, highly technical, narrowly profit-orientated agri-businesses op…
Disrupting the regional housing market
Therole of accommodation-sharing platforms, suchas Airbnb,is seen as a disruptionto more conventional accommodation providers and rental markets in many cities and regions worldwide. This Regional Graphic focuses on New Zealand, showing a snapshot in time of the spatial distribution of the accommodation provided by Airbnb. What the map shows are patterns of statistically significant mildly positive clustering (Moran’s I=0.33, p≤0.05) of the Airbn…
Social impact assessment and (realist) evaluation
In this paper we reflect on the interlinkages between social impact assessment and evaluation and, in particular, realist evaluation. To examine the connections between these fields of practice we draw on recent research in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, in which we linked social impact assessment and elements of realist evaluation in the study of rural and small-town regeneration. We use the research to identify a number of connection…
Local benevolent property development entrepreneurs in small town regeneration
Derived from a wider study of place-based economic, social, cultural and environmental regeneration initiatives in small regional New Zealand towns, and reflecting on international research that emphasises the importance of long-term collaborative effort, effective governance and locally-based leadership in regional regeneration, this paper examines the ways locally-based benevolent property development entrepreneurs are attempting to contribute …
The Pure Language Project
In the summer of 1835, Joseph Smith and his associates purchased four mummies and some papyri scrolls from Michael Chandler.1 That summer Joseph would participate in a project that would produce a fascinating set of texts, referred to today as the Egyptian Language Documents (ELD), used and compiled mostly in Kirtland, but also consulted and expanded in Nauvoo.2 These documents, which include three incomplete variants of what was called an “alpha…
Interpreting the ‘rural mural’ phenomenon
Consistent with discussions about public art and creative place-making in processes of rural settlement regeneration, this paper reports an enquiry into the recent appearance of large outdoor murals in several rural towns in the South and Mid Canterbury regions of Te Waipounamu the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The enquiry is part of a larger study of rural settlement regeneration in which a variety of social, cultural, environmental, and…
Tourism and biosecurity
There is growing interest in the use and utility of news media content analysis in tourism research. We report a content analysis of 153 news media articles on a topic of growing interest among tourism researchers globally: tourism and biosecurity. Our work is based on media reports from Aotearoa New Zealand news sources over the period 2009–2019, identifying five key themes. Together they illustrate how tourism, nature conservation, agriculture,…
Integrated impact assessment for land and water management
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Rural development and sustainability (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (4 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works)