Anne Salmond

Dame Anne Salmond
Born 16 November 1945
Wellington, New Zealand
Fields New Zealand anthropology and history
Institutions University of Auckland
Alma mater
Thesis Hui – a study of Maori ceremonial gatherings (1972)

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Dame Mary Anne Salmond DBE (née Thorpe, born 16 November 1945) is a New Zealand anthropologist and writer. She was New Zealander of the Year in 2013.

Early life and family

Born in Wellington in 1945, Salmond was raised in Gisborne,[1] before being sent to board at Solway College in Masterton, where she was dux in 1961.[2] She then attended the University of Auckland, graduating Master of Arts in anthropology in 1968, and the University of Pennsylvania, where she gained a PhD in 1972.[1] Her thesis was titled Hui – a study of Maori ceremonial gatherings.[3]

She was inspired to research early Māori history after visiting the United States on a scholarship as a teenager, and when asked to talk about New Zealand, she realised she did not know much about the Māori side of the story.[4] Her links with the Māori world go back to her great-grandfather, James McDonald, a noted photographer, film-maker and artist who worked with Maori leaders including Sir Apirana Ngata and Sir Peter Buck.[5]

She married conservation architect Jeremy Salmond in 1971.[1] They live in in Auckland and have three children, including anthropologist Amiria Salmond.[6] In 2000, Anne and Jeremy Salmond initiated the restoration of the Longbush Ecosanctuary in Gisborne.[7]

Career

Salmond was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Auckland in 1971.[1] She had a close relationship with Eruera Stirling and Amiria Stirling, noted elders of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou. Their collaboration led to three books about Māori life:

Salmond's work then turned to cross-cultural encounters in New Zealand, resulting in two works:

Afterwards, she began to explore early exchanges between Pacific Islanders and European explorers in the Pacific, leading to the publication of three books:

She is currently writing a book about exchanges between different realities (ontologies) to be titled Tears of Rangi: Experiments between Worlds.[8]

In 2001, Salmond became Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland.[1]

In 2004, Salmond received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction.[9]

Salmond has served on the boards of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, the Museum of New Zealand, and she was chair of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust from 2001 to 2007.[8] She was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Equal Opportunity) at the University of Auckland from 1997 to 2006.[10] She is the project sponsor for the Starpath Partnership for Excellence, which aims to ensure that Māori, Pacific and low-income students achieve their potential through education.[11]

Honours

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours Salmond was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature and the Maori people,[12] and in 1990 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[13] In the 1995 New Year Honours she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to historical research.[14]

In November 2007, she was elected as an inaugural Fellow of the New Zealand Academy for the Humanities.[15] In 2008, she was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and in 2009, she was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences – the first New Zealander known to have achieved this double distinction.[16][17]

In 2013, she was named New Zealander of the Year for her work on cultural history.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2014 Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2014. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-62513-171-3. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Crombie, Nathan (5 March 2013). "Former Solway dux New Zealander of Year". Wairarapa Times-Age. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hui – a study of Maori ceremonial gatherings". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dame Anne moved by award". 3 News NZ. 1 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Maori TV (21 April 2011). "Dame Anne Salmond retraces ancestor's journey". Scoop Independent News. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Tawhiao, Carly (24 April 2008). "Art book makes connections". Auckland City Harbour News. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Longbush ecosanctuary". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Prof Dame Anne Salmond". Christian Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  10. ↑ University of Auckland (21 August 2000). "Research demonstrates effects of fee increases". Scoop Independent News. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "The Starpath Project: raising achievement for students from low socio-economic backgrounds" (PDF). University of Auckland. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51367. p. 34. 10 June 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Academy: S–U". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53894. p. 33. 31 December 1994. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Wichtel, Diana (3 March 2013). "An interview with Dame Anne Salmond". New Zealand Listener (3741). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "David Meltzer, Melvyn Goldstein, and Anne Salmond Elected to National Academy of Sciences". University of California Press Blog. University of California. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  17. ↑ Masters, Catherine (9 May 2009). "A place among the world's elite". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "Building bridges brings honour". The Press. 1 March 2013. p. A5. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

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