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Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith CNZM (née Mead)[1] is a professor of indigenous education at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.[2][3][4] The daughter of Hirini Moko Mead,[5] she affiliates to the Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou iwi.[6]

Smith is the author of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Zed Books, 1999 and 2012), a critical analysis of the role of Western scholarly research played in the process of colonization of indigenous cultures. This work is considered a major contribution to research methods in social justice research.[7][8][9]

In the 2013 New Year Honours, Smith was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and education.[10]

References

  1. ^ "CEO recognised in Queen's Birthday honours". Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. ^ Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
  3. ^ Waikato Women Professors: Professor Linda Smith
  4. ^ Eminent Education Leader Appointed to Top Post at Waikato University, 9 March 2007
  5. ^ "Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith made CNZM". Te Karere. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith". Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. ^ Review: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Tuhiwai Smith, by Christine Malsbary
  8. ^ Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (review), by John Ortley
  9. ^ Methodologies of risky scholarship, by Susan Hawthorne
  10. ^ New Year Honours List 2013. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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