Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980-2020

by Anne Salmond

Overview

A landmark collection of essays exploring Māori history, cultural exchange, and the ongoing legacy of colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your Mind gathers the selected writings of Dame Anne Salmond, a distinguished scholar whose work has illuminated the complexities of Māori and European interactions for over forty years. From her groundbreaking studies of Māori ceremonial gatherings to her insightful analyses of the Treaty of Waitangi and contemporary environmental challenges, Salmond weaves together history, anthropology, and indigenous perspectives to offer a powerful vision for a more just and sustainable future.

This collection is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand's past, present, and future. It is for scholars, students, and all those who are interested in Māori history, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781776711093
Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Publication date:	11/09/2023
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Dame Anne Salmond is Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland and author of books including Hui: A Study of Maori Ceremonial Gatherings (A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1975); Amiria: The Life Story of a Maori Woman (A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1976); Eruera: The Teachings of a Maori Elder (Oxford University Press, 1980); Two Worlds: First Meetings between Maori and Europeans, 1642– 1772 (Viking Press, University of Hawai' i Press, 1991); Between Worlds: Early Exchanges between Maori and Europeans, 1773– 1815 (Viking Press, University of Hawai' i Press, 1997); The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas (Penguin, Yale University Press, 2003); Aphrodite' s Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti (University of California Press, Penguin, 2009); Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas (University of California Press, Penguin, 2011) and Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds (Auckland University Press, 2017). Among many honours and awards, she is an International Member of the American Philosophical Society, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 2013 she became New Zealander of the Year and winner of the Rutherford Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. She received the CBE in 1988, was made Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1995, and in 202o she became a member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ).