{"id":944,"date":"2019-08-07T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/?p=944"},"modified":"2019-08-07T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:33:30","slug":"colonialism-race-print-and-intestinal-fortitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/colonialism-race-print-and-intestinal-fortitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonialism, Race, Print and Intestinal Fortitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

[From Professor Poia Rewi]<\/p>\n

On Monday, 29 July 2019, Archway 1 was treated to a powerful inaugural professorial lecture by Professor Lachlan (Lachy) Paterson. Vice Chancellor, Professor Harlene Hayne, welcomed wh\u0101nau stretching from Dunedin to the Bay of Islands and Tasmania; \u00a0and University of Otago academics and friends to hear some strong messages on subject matter that requires careful navigation and courage.<\/p>\n

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Professor Poia Rewi introducing the lecture.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lachy duly acknowledged his wh\u0101nau, senior leaders and colleagues in Te Tumu and across the wider university. He also made a special \u2018shout out\u2019 to client services staff who, as he said, \u201cwithout them, the University would grind to a halt\u201d.<\/p>\n

Being promoted to Professor this year, Lachy, a non-M\u0101ori, a self-proclaimed P\u0101keh\u0101 New Zealander ensconsed in M\u0101ori language texts, Ma\u0304ori-language print culture; the Treaty of Waitangi and Ma\u0304ori social, cultural, political and religious history, courageously and non-hesitantly gave his lecture on these topics; an academic historiography that demonstrated the multifarious nature of his teaching, research and engagement.<\/p>\n

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Lachy Paterson<\/p><\/div>\n

His lecture began with discourses from government newspapers published in the mid-1800s, \u00a0and the nature of colonial racial discourse, in which M\u0101ori identity and culture was portrayed. He then discussed M\u0101ori and P\u0101keh\u0101 attitudes towards race mixing. He concluded by extending a challenge that \u2018we need to be vigilant and challenge any racist ideas that might re-appear today\u2019.<\/p>\n

This evocative conclusion rounded off a well-received lecture. His sustained high delivery and performance across research, teaching and community service provided the strong foundation upon which the University of Otago Promotions committee promoted him from Associate Professor to Full Professor in 2019.<\/p>\n

After his lecture, attendees were invited by Prof. Tony Ballantyne to the University of Otago Staff Club for refreshments and to reconnect as friends and colleagues and continue conversations on the content they were privileged to hear.<\/p>\n

Upon reflection of the lecture, his tuakana Gavin aptly summised, \u201c If more people took on board what Lachy talked about today, what better place than New Zealand would there be for people to live in harmoniously\u201d.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Professor Paterson’s IPL on You Tube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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