Shifting disciplines: communication, discourses, and identities

This paper both re-presents extracts from an opening speech that Parehau Richards gave at the 1998 ANZCA conference and analyses the structure, content, and motivation for the presentation. The paper draws on the oral presentation that Parehau made at the opening as well as reflections that Parehau shared with Shirley Leitch and Judy Motion about why she chose to speak at the opening and what objectives she hoped to achieve.