Projects

Contested Boundaries: Indigenous Peoples, Tourism and Protected Areas in Canada and New Zealand.

Expertise: 
Environment, History, Policy & Planning, Social Science, Tourism & Hospitality, Traditional Knowledge

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant (2016-2018)

Co-Investigators: Dr Courtney Mason (Thompson Rivers University), William Snow (Nakoda Consultation, Alberta) .

This international collaboration is a comparative study of how Indigenous communities in Western Canada and New Zealand are reasserting their cultural rights in the co-management and management of national parks and protected areas with a focus on issues relating to policy/planning input, consultation, representation and empowerment.

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Anna Carr (Thompson-Carr)

Promoting Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Tourism Development

Expertise: 
History, Indigenous Development, Policy & Planning, Social Science, Tourism & Hospitality, Traditional Knowledge
Region: 
International

Funded by the New Zealand Insititute for Pacific Research I am working with Primary Investigator Dr Anne Ford, and co-investigators Professor Glenn Summerhayes (Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology), Nyssa Mildwaters (Otago Museum). This project will investigate the potential for the promotion of cultural heritage for sustainable tourism development within the Pacific, highlighting both the current opportunities and difficulties. Two case studies will be investigated in Samoa and Madang (PNG).

The objectives of the research are to:

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Anna Carr (Thompson-Carr)

The intergenerational reality for Māori Small and medium sized enterprises (SME): Building resilience of Māori SMEs for the future.

Expertise: 
Business & Economics, Indigenous Development, Tourism & Hospitality
Region: 
New Zealand

 

Associate Investigator with Dr Shaun Awatere (Principal), Dr Maria Bargh,Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl and Dr Diane Ruwhiu (Principal), on Whai Rawa theme, Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga funded project:

http://www.maramatanga.ac.nz/project/intergenerational-reality-m-ori-sma...

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Shaun Awatere
Maria Bargh
Katharina Ruckstuhl
Diane Ruwhiu