Dr. Emmy Rākete
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Professional Teaching Fellow Social Sciences & Co-Founder People Against Prisons Aotearoa
I am a critical Marxist scholar working in the activist-academic tradition. The goal of my work is to demonstrate how social problems originate in the structure of society itself, and to argue for organised class struggle as a means of changing that structure. I was educated as a participant in New Zealand's social movements, and carry on a keen interest in how theoretical work can inform and guide practical action. I helped to found the prison abolitionist organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa in 2015 and am the group's press spokesperson.
Rangahau · Related projects
Project lead: Dr. Emmy Rākete Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau (Host) In the last four decades, New Zealand has begun imprisoning on a scale never seen before in this land’s history. Māori people have consistently made up at least half of the prison population, and Māori communities are among those that have experienced…
View projectHe Whawhai Hou – A New Struggle: Aotearoa Perspectives on Mass Incarceration
Project lead: Dr. Emmy Rākete Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau (Host)
In the last four decades, New Zealand has begun imprisoning on a scale never seen before in this land’s history. Māori people have consistently made up at least half of the prison population, and Māori communities are among those that have experienced the worst consequences of mass incarceration.
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