Jessica Hutchings
{{Short description|New Zealand researcher and author}}
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Jessica Hutchings is a New Zealand researcher, author, and Ashtanga Yoga teacher.{{Cite web |title=Jessica Hutchings |url=https://jessicahutchings.org/ |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=Jessica Hutchings}} Hutchings' work is grounded in kaupapa Māori research (research informed by tikanga Māori ) within the subject areas of environmental and Indigenous studies.
Career
Hutchings completed a PhD in environmental studies and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Māori health research. She was the Director Māori, Tumu Whakarae of the Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge{{Cite web |title=Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities {{!}} Ko ngā wā kāinga hei whakamāhorahora {{!}} Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment |url=https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/science-and-innovation/funding-information-and-opportunities/investment-funds/national-science-challenges/the-11-challenges/building-better-homes-towns-and-cities/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=www.mbie.govt.nz}} from 2018–2021 leading a Māori research programme in the Challenge.{{Cite web |title=Jessica Hutchings |url=https://www.bwb.co.nz/authors/jessica-hutchings/ |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=Bridget Williams Books}} Hutchings is also a member of the MBIE Science Board.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2020 |title=Lessons from Māori voices in NZ's science sector |url=https://www.buildingbetter.nz/news/2020/VM_Guide_lessons_from_Maori_voices |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=Building Better}}
She cited the New Zealand COVID-19 lockdown as encouraging wider conversation and action around food sovereignty, saying "Since the Covid lockdown, it’s just been right at the forefront of everything… We’re right on conversations around what food security is, we’re beginning to have conversations as whanau Māori."{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Justine |date=9 May 2021 |title=Soil sovereignty with Dr Jessica Hutchings |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/teahikaa/audio/2018794525/soil-sovereignty-with-dr-jessica-hutchings |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=Radio New Zealand}}
Along with Victoria University associate Jo Smith (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha){{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jo |title=Jo Smith |url=https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/jo.smith |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=Victoria University of Wellington}} Hutchings founded Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust,{{Cite web |title=PAPAWHAKARITORITO CHARITABLE TRUST |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/nz/9429049498097 |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=Open Corporates}} which focuses on food sovereignty education and research, and includes food growing initiatives such as [https://jessicahutchings.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Feed-the-Whanau-Summary-Sheet-March-2022.pdf Feed The Whānau.]
Jessica Hutchings participated in the development and research for Hua Parakore, the organic food production verification system used by Te Waka Kai Ora (The Māori Organics Authority of Aotearoa, New Zealand).{{cite web |url=https://journal.mai.ac.nz/content/hua-parakore-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative-and-hallmark-excellence-food-and-product |title = Carney G., Baker M., Greenskill A., Hutchings J., Skelton P. and Tipene P. Hua Parakore: An indigenous sovereignty initiative and hallmark of excellence for food and product production. Mai Journal, Vol. 1, Iss. 2}}
Recognition
- 2016 Māori Book Awards, Te Kōrero Pono - Non-Fiction Winner for Te Mahi Mara Hua Parakore: A Maori Food Sovereignty Handbook{{Cite web |title=Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards |url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nga-kupu-ora-aotearoa-maori-book-awards/ |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=Christchurch City Libraries}}
Personal life
From Ngāi Tahu, Gujarati, and Ngāti Huirapa descent, Hutchings' work primarily focuses on Māori food sovereignty and decolonization.{{Cite web |title=Dr Jessica Hutchings |url=https://jessicahutchings.org/ |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=Jessicahutchings.org}}
Selected works
= Publications =
- {{Cite book |last=Hutchings |first=Jessica |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922882036 |title=Te mahi māra hua parakore : a Māori food sovereignty handbook |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-473-31653-2 |location=Ōtaki, Aotearoa New Zealand |oclc=922882036}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1003123668 |title=Decolonisation in Aotearoa : education, research and practice |date=2016 |others=Jessica Hutchings, Jenny Lee-Morgan, New Zealand Council for Educational Research |isbn=978-0-947509-44-6 |location=Wellington, New Zealand |oclc=1003123668}}Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{Cite journal |last=Ormond |first=Adreanne |date=2018-11-01 |title=Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, Research and Practice. (2016). Edited Collection by Jessica Hutchings and J Lee-Morgan |journal=New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies |language=en |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=303–305 |doi=10.1007/s40841-018-0115-6 |issn=2199-4714|doi-access=free }}|{{Cite web |title=Book challenges a narrow world view – Education Aotearoa |url=http://ea.org.nz/book-challenges-world-view/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |date=2017-08-07|language=en-NZ}} }}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1018473046 |title=Te ahu o te reo Māori : reflecting on research to understand the well-being of te reo Māori |date=2017 |others=Vincent Olsen-Reeder, Rawinia Higgins, Jessica Hutchings |isbn=978-1-77656-174-2 |location=Wellington |oclc=1018473046}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1162219778 |title=Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Māori soil sovereignty and wellbeing handbook |date=2020 |others=Jessica Hutchings, Jo Smith |isbn=978-0-473-51619-2 |location=Christchurch, New Zealand |oclc=1162219778}}Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{Cite web |title=Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing… |url=https://stonesoupsyndicate.com/articles/te-mahi-oneone-hua-parakore-a-maori-soil-sovereignty-and-wellbeing-handbook |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Stone Soup Syndicate |language=en-US}}|{{Cite web |last=Muru-Lanning |first=Charlotte |date=2020-10-20 |title=A world beyond our feet: Rethinking our relationship with where we grow our kai |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/20-10-2020/a-world-beyond-our-feet-rethinking-our-relationship-with-where-we-grow-our-kai |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Spinoff}} }}
= Filmed Lectures and Documentaries =
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=Lb2o9WhEM80&feature=emb_title Hua Parakore: A kaupapa Māori pathway for Maori soil and food sovereignty]. Toi Tangata, 2021. New Zealand.
- [https://happenfilms.com/film/hua-parakore-living-indigenous-food-sovereignty Hua Parakore: Living Indigenous Food Sovereignty]. Happen Films, 2021. New Zealand.
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