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Professor

Karen Barbour

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

  • Professor
    University of Waikato, Theatre Studies and Dance

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand19 Feb 2007 - 2015
  • Lecturer
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 2003 - 1 Feb 2007
  • Senior Tutor
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 2002 - 31 Jan 2003
  • Associate Professor
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand2015 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Feb 1999 - 5 Apr 2002
  • M SocSci
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Mar 1993 - 26 Feb 1993
  • B SocSci
    The University of Waikato, New Zealand1 Mar 1988 - 30 Nov 1990
  • Dip Contemporary Dance
    Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand13 Feb 1995 - 29 Nov 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Te Ara Reo Māori (Advanced)
    Te Wananga o Aotearoa23 Nov 2012 - present

LANGUAGES

  • Māori
    Can speak and understand

UOW ROLE

  • Staff

RESEARCH AREA