Professor
Karen BarbourProfile page
Professor
Theatre Studies and Dance
BIO
The focus of my academic work is embodied ways of knowing and in creative practice in the arts, particularly in dance performance and video/digital dance. I have a specialism in site dance and relationships to place through dance, considering environmental and climate change. I also engage in research broadly focussed in women's wellbeing and movement, drawing on my practices as a yoga teacher and somatic movement educator. My publications include performances for sites, stage and screen, books and journal articles that encompass both creative writing and scholarly academic text.
UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorUniversity of Waikato, Theatre Studies and Dance
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior LecturerThe University of Waikato, New Zealand19 Feb 2007 - 2015
- LecturerThe University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 2003 - 1 Feb 2007
- Senior TutorThe University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 2002 - 31 Jan 2003
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand2015 - present
DEGREES
- PhDThe University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 1999 - 5 Apr 2002
- M SocSciThe University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Mar 1993 - 26 Feb 1993
- B SocSciThe University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Mar 1988 - 30 Nov 1990
- Dip Contemporary DanceUnitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand13 Feb 1995 - 29 Nov 1996
CERTIFICATIONS
- Te Ara Reo Māori (Advanced)Te Wananga o Aotearoa23 Nov 2012 - present
LANGUAGES
- MāoriCan speak and understand
UOW ROLE
- Staff