Deidre Brown

Deidre Brown
Born 1970 (age 47–48)
Alma mater University of Auckland
Awards NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Scientific career
Fields Māori art and architecture
Institutions University of Canterbury
University of Auckland
Thesis Mōrehu architecture (1997)
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/people/deidre-brown

Deidre Sharon Brown (born 1970)[1] is a New Zealand historian and architectural lecturer.

Brown grew up in New Lynn, New Zealand and is of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, and English descent.[2] In 1997, she completed her PhD: her thesis was titled Mōrehu Architecture.[1] She then taught Māori Art History at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts and is currently Associate Professor at the University of Auckland School of Architecture.[3][4]

Books published by Brown include:

  • Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rakau: Northland Maori Wood Carving (2003, Reed Publishing)
  • Maori Arts of the Gods (2005, Reed Publishing)
  • Introducing Maori Art (2005, Reed Publishing)
  • Te Puna: Maori art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland, (2005, Reed Publishing), editor with N. Ellis
  • Māori architecture: from fale to wharenui and beyond (2009, Penguin)
  • Indigenising Knowledges for Current and Future Generations, (2012, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga and Te Whare Kura), editor
  • Art in Oceania: A new history (2012, Thames and Hudson & Yale University Press), with P, S. Mallon, N. Thomas, D. S. Brown, S. Kuechler, L. Bolton and D. Skinner
  • A New Zealand Book of Beasts: Animals in Our Culture, History and Everyday Life (2013, Auckland University Press, Auckland.), with A. Potts and P. Armstrong

Brown is currently a Governor of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, a member of the Māori Trademarks Advisory Committee of the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, a member of the Humanities Panel of the Marsden Fund.[4]

Awards

In 2004 her book Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rākau: Northland Māori Wood Carving won the NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[5]

Art in Oceania: A new history received the 2013 Art Book Prize (Banister Fletcher Award) from the Authors’ Club.[6]

Māori architecture: from fale to wharenui and beyond won the Art, Architecture and Design category in the 2009 Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards[7] and was a finalist in the Illustrated Non-Fiction Category at the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thesis: Moorehu architecture". University of Auckland Library. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ↑ McCall, Claire (28 July 2009). "Building on". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Dr Deidre Brown". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Dr Deidre Brown". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Art Book Prize". Victoria University. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ngā Kupu Ora (Māori book awards)". Massey University. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand Post Book Awards". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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