Paul Tapsell Explained

Paul Tapsell
Workplaces:	University of Auckland, University of Otago
Alma Mater:	University of Oxford
Thesis1 Title:	Taonga : a tribal response to museums
Thesis1 Url:	http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph013397462
Thesis1 Year:	1998

Paul Tapsell is a New Zealand academic, of Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Raukawa descent and as of 2020 is Professor of Indigenous Studies at Melbourne University.^[1]

Academic career

After working and studying at the University of Auckland and a 1998 PhD titled 'Taonga : a tribal response to museums' at the University of Oxford Faculty of Anthropology and Geography, Tapsell moved to the University of Otago, rising to full professor.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Selected works

• Abram, Ruth J., Joanne DiCosimo, Stephen H. Baumann, Michele Gallant, Emlyn H. Koster, Gillian Kydd, Susan Pointe et al. Looking reality in the eye: Museums and social responsibility. University of Calgary Press, 2005.
• Tapsell, Paul, and Christine Woods. "Social entrepreneurship and innovation: Self-organization in an indigenous context." Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 22, no. 6 (2010): 535–556.
• Tapsell, Paul. "The flight of Pareraututu: An investigation of taonga from a tribal perspective." The Journal of the Polynesian Society 106, no. 4 (1997): 323–374.
• Tapsell, Paul, and Christine Woods. "A spiral of innovation framework for social entrepreneurship: Social innovation at the generational divide in an indigenous context." Emergence: Complexity and Organization 10, no. 3 (2008): 25.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our staff — School of Culture and Communication . Faculty of Arts . Melbourne University . en . 18 June 2020.
2. Web site: Staff Profile: Professor Paul Tapsell | Te Tumu Research. blogs.otago.ac.nz.
3. Web site: Professor Paul Tapsell | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. www.maramatanga.co.nz.
4. Web site: Tipu Whenua | Paul Tapsell. www.tipuwhenua.com.
5. Web site: Paul Tapsell: Pukaki - A Comet Returns. 8 September 2000. www.nzherald.co.nz.
6. Web site: Entrepreneurial journey. University of. Otago. www.otago.ac.nz.
7. Web site: Demise of tangi a threat to culture - professor. 8 June 2012. www.nzherald.co.nz.
8. Web site: Maori Studies post brings responsibilities. Allison. Rudd. 12 March 2009. Otago Daily Times Online News.
9. Web site: Tupaia's voyage of discoveries. Mark. Peters. gisborneherald.co.nz.