New Editors for MAI Journal
Media release
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
New Editors for MAI Journal
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) announces the appointment of two new editors of MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship.
Dr Maria Bargh and Associate Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes take over editorship of the Journal, published by NPM, from Professor Mike Walker and Dr Tracey McIntosh. MAI Journal publishes multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles around indigenous knowledge and development in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Journal is published online and all content is free to access.
Launched in 2012, MAI Journal evolved from MAI Review and complements AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, which is also published by NPM and has Professor Walker and Dr McIntosh as Editors. They have decided now is the time to hand over the reins.
“MAI
Journal needs editors whose primary focus is the Journal
and who can ensure it will grow. We are confident that, with
the support of the Editorial Board, the new editors are a
strong team,” says Professor Walker.
Dr McIntosh says
MAI Journal meets the needs and aspirations of Māori
and is a vehicle to provide Māori-centred perspectives that
create momentum for new research and
collaborations.
“Māori research is well placed to inform and influence new indigenous knowledge production, innovative research and shape policy formations for the future. Associate Professor Moewaka Barnes and Dr Bargh bring considerable expertise, and their leadership will benefit both the Journal and the research community.”
Incoming editor Dr Bargh says she is excited about taking up the role. "The Journal has a unique place in that it is grounded in Aotearoa, it’s a New Zealand journal, but it isn’t limited by just focussing inwards – it acknowledges our connections with other indigenous peoples, who might be from the Pacific or other places. MAI Journal is read domestically and internationally, and fills an important place in being able to articulate ideas and issues that are appropriate to our context."
Associate Professor Moewaka Barnes says the Journal plays an important role in disseminating Māori scholarship, but also has much wider applicability. “I’m excited about this opportunity and hope to be able to support and encourage a diverse range of contributions.”
Dr Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa) has a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Australian National University. She is a senior lecturer in Māori Studies at Victoria University and editor of Māori and Parliament (2010) Wellington: Huia Publishers and Resistance: an Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism (2007) Wellington: Huia Publishers.
Associate
Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti
Manu, Ngāti Hine) is Director of Te Rōpū Whāriki and
Co-Director of the SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre based
at Massey University in Auckland. She has experience in
quantitative and qualitative methods, research design, and
project management. She has particular expertise in the
fields of Māori health, Māori methods and methodologies,
research ethics and tikanga, community engagement and Māori
research capacity building. Her research areas include life
course approaches to health and wellbeing, health services
research, identity, whānau ora, growing Māori and Pacific
research capacity and research use; developing methods and
methodologies within Māori paradigms and evaluation
research.
www.journal.mai.ac.nz
Ngā
Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is one of New Zealand’s seven
Centres of Research Excellence and consists of
16 participating research entities and is hosted by The
University of Auckland. NPM conducts research of relevance
to Māori communities and is an important vehicle by which
New Zealand continues to be a key player in global
indigenous research and affairs. Its research is underpinned
by the vision to realise the creative potential of Māori
communities and to bring about positive change and
transformation in the nation and wider world.
ENDS