Matthew Scobie

Escalating inequality and ecological collapse necessitate urgent political economic transformation. For this Fellowship, Dr Scobie will research concepts for a political economy that is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi, to allow for equal consideration of economy, nature, social wellbeing and knowledge. Dr Scobie will systematically map and conduct in-depth case studies of the precolonial and contemporary Māori political economy to develop evidence for an innovative methodological approach that draws on both concepts from contemporary political economy and kaupapa Māori methods.  Dr Scobie is well-positioned in the New Zealand context - and arguably internationally - for being equally expert in established political economy approaches and Indigenous knowledges. His ambition to create a kaupapa Māori political economy is thus highly distinctive and has enormous potential not just for Aotearoa New Zealand, but for the field of political economy more generally.

Ka tūhuratia e Matthew Scobie (Ngāi Tahu, Tauiwi) o Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha i ngā tikanga hei takahuri i te ōhanga tōrangapū o Aotearoa mā ngā tikanga rangahau Māori. Nā te nui haere o te kore ōritenga me te kino haere o te taiao me hohoro te takahuri i te ōhanga tōrangapū. Mō tēnei Pūkenga, ka rangahaua e Tākuta Scobie ngā ariā mō tētahi ōhanga tōrangapū e arahina ana e Te Tiriti o Waitangi, e ōrite ai te aro ki te ōhanga, te ao tūroa, te oranga pāpori me te mātauranga. Ka āta whakamaheretia e Tākuta Scobie me te whakahaere i ngā mātai take matawhānui o te ōhanga o te Māori i mua i te taenga mai o tauiwi me nāianei hei hanga whakaaturanga mō tētahi aronga auaha hou e whai ana i ngā ariā o te ōhanga tōrangapū onāianei me ngā tikanga kaupapa Māori.  E tino mōhio ana a Tākuta Scobie ki te āhua o Aotearoa – me kī, i te ao – nā tōna tino matatau ki ngā aronga ōhanga tōrangapū me ngā mātauranga iwi taketake. He mea tino rerekē tōna whāinga ki te waihanga i tētahi ōhanga tōrangapū kaupapa Māori ka mutu he nui ngā hua ka taea kaua mō Aotearoa anake, engari mō te rāngai ōhanga tōrangapū whānui.

Mōkihi on Ōtākaro by Philipp Meier (Photo: Ekant Veer)