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Academic Curriculum Vitae 

Dr. Bobby Luke 

Academic Appointments

  • Committee Member - Diversity and Inclusion, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Co- Chair of Strategic Mātauranga Māori Curriculum committee, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Programme Lead, Social Innovation, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Te Ohu Te Tiriti Chair, Design and Innovation, Victoria University of Wellington

  • VUW Academic Board committee member, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Lecturer, Social Innovation, Victoria University of Wellington

 

Non-Academic Employment

  • Designer - Owner, Campbell Luke

 

Education

  • Ph.D, Auckland University of TechnologyThesis: “Kākahu Hou: The Breath of Cloth”

  • Master of Creative Technologies Visual Arts, Auckland University of Technology. Thesis: "Hau-Rongo: The Breath of Rongo"

  • Postgraduate Honours in Visual Arts, Auckland University of Technology. Exegesis: “Pupuke Te Mahara: Documenting Knowledge” 

  • Bachelors in Fashion Design Auckland University of Technology 

  • Certificate Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology

 

Teaching Activity

200 Level Tertiary students 

  • Fashion Design Studio II / Taupuni Waihanga Kākahu II

  • Fashion Design Studio III / Taupuni Waihanga Kākahu III

  • Design Ethnography I / Tā te Hoahoa Titiro I

  • Speculative Design / Hoahoa ā-WhakapaeService Design / Hoahoa ā-Ratonga

  • Pathways to Research / Ngā Ara Rangahau

  • Co-Design I / Hoahoa Mahi Ngātahi I

 

300 level Tertiary students 

  • DSI - Capstone: Agents of Change / Whakatinana ā-Wheako: Kaiwhakatinana

  • Co-Design II/Hoahoa Mahi Ngātahi II

  • Design in the Anthropocene / Hoahoa o Te Nāianei

 

400 Level Tertiary students 

  • Mātauranga Design / Hoahoa ā-Mātauranga 

Distinctions and Awards 

  • Kingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award - finalist & highly commended - 2023  

  • Faculty Teaching and learning Award - 2022  

  • University wide Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award - 2022  

  • New Zealand Best Awards - Te Kākahu Hou: A New Graduation Gown - 2022 

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