Lectures, talks and seminars

Adam Art Gallery


Description

Adam Art Gallery's lunchtime talk series continues with Dr Ocean Mercier (Ngāti Porou) who will draw from her explorations of how mātauranga and science connect and relate in some of Aotearoa’s environmental domains in response to Joyce Campbell's ecological concerns.

Mercier is Head of School at Te Kawa a Māui, Victoria University of Wellington. She is currently exploring several strands of research, including an exploration of how te taiao advocacy connects communities to place; research into how cross-cultural ocean knowledge platforms can support iwi interests; and investigating how mātauranga and Māori perceptions of biotechnologies inform pest wasp control in Aotearoa. Mercier’s essays include, ‘Novel biotechnologies for eradicating wasps: seeking Māori studies students’ perspectives with Q method’ (with Alan King Hunt and Philip Lester), Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences, 2019; 'Indigenous Knowledge(s) and the Sciences in Global Contexts: Bringing Worlds Together' (with Beth Leonard), Handbook of Indigenous Education, 2018; and ‘‘Welcome to My Interesting World’: Powhiri Styled Encounter in Boy’, Illusions: NZ Moving Image and Performing Arts Criticism, 2010. She is also a presenter on TVNZ’s Coast and host of Māori Television's science series Project Mātauranga.


For more information contact: Ann Gale

ann.gale@vuw.ac.nz 04 463 6835