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President's Dream Colloquium on Protecting Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Heritage and Knowledge: Decolonizing the Research Process
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Recorded on March 25, 2015
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About the Speaker
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Linda Tuhiwai Smith Professor, Education and Ma虅ori Development; Dean, School of Ma虅ori and Pacific Development; Director, Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, New Zealand |
She has worked in the field of Ma虅ori education and health for many years as an educator and researcher and is well known for her work in Kaupapa Ma虅ori research. Smith has published widely in journals and books. Her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (2nd ed., 2012), has been one of the most widely cited publications relating to decolonizing research practices since its initial publication in 1999. She is well known internationally as a public speaker.
Dr. Smith was a founding Joint Director of New Zealand鈥檚 Ma虅ori Centre of Research Excellence from 2002-2007 and a Professor of Education at the University of Auckland.
She is a member of New Zealand鈥檚 Health Research Council and the Marsden Fund Council, Chair of the Ma虅ori Health Research Committee, President of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education and Convener of the Social Sciences Assessment Panel. Most recently she was appointed to the Constitutional Advisory Panel Committee in New Zealand and the High Panel - Science, Technology and Innovation for Development in Paris.
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Smith was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Ma虅ori and education.