UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Joanna Cobley

Contact

Department: School of Humanities and Creative Arts ; Research & Innovation ; History

Email: joanna.cobley@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694310

Office: Geography-Psychology Lab Block 246

Language: English

Joanna engages in two research areas. The first relates to researcher development, the second involves museum & heritages studies, history & folklore.

About

Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

Researcher development, academic identity/academic resilience, research impact
Teaching & Learning (material/visual culture/object-based learning (OBL))
Museum & Heritage Studies (tangible & intangible heritage; folklore)
Environmental history (human-plant relations)
Food (past, present and future)

Researcher Summary

I engage in two rich research areas. The first strand relates to academic development, which is related to academic development. A current project involves co-creating a mid-career academic training programme at UC. I also facilitate researcher development workshops on research planning, impact and engagement, and the NZ national research and innovation system (eg PBRF).

I am keen to connect with other researcher developers and engage in research in the areas of academic identity and academic resilience.

I am Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) Training Fellow for modules:
o 1.1 The National Research & Innovation System in New Zealand,
o 1.3 Understanding Research & Researchers, and
o 4.2 Research Integrity.

Feb 2020 appointed to the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) Research Impact Case Study Working Group (RICSWG). The remit of the RICSWG is to:

• Develop a template for the research impact case studies for research management professionals; and
• Assist with the review and editing of case studies as they are submitted.

I also hold roles as Senior Adjunct Fellow, History, UC, reviews editor for Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, and am Visiting Researcher at Canterbury Museum for 2020 undertaking a project where history and folklore combines with food. Asides from supervising and reviewing activities, I have just completed an article about object-based learning (OBL) in higher education and am now writing some food-related blog posts.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Cultural Studies: Visual Culture
Education: Adult Education ; Arts-based Educational Research ; Career Development
History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: New Zealand History
Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Feminist Studies ; Methodology

Resources

Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Hoffman SK., Poulot D., Brulon-Solares B. and Cobley J. (2019) Aftermath of Cultural Heritage Disasters. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 7: 200-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070113.

Cobley JJL. (2018) Remembering Makea Takau Ariki, the Queen of Rarotonga, 1871–1911. New Zealand Journal of Public History (NZJPH) 6(1): 46-55.

Cobley JJL. (2017) Cultivating the Cultural Memory of Ranunculus Paucifolius T. Kirk, a South Island Subalpine Buttercup. International Review of Environmental History 3(1): 43-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/IREH.03.01.2017.

McMullan M. and Cobley JJL. (2017) Lessons in Ephemera: Teaching and Learning through Cultural Heritage Collections. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 18(2): 93-107.

Cobley JJL. (2016) Should we safeguard 'the idea of the Anzac biscuit recipe'? Women's Studies Journal 30(1): 62-70.

Vesty J. and Cobley J. (2015) Southern Spirits: The Case of the Christchurch Psychical Research Society. Records of the Canterbury Museum 29: 47-57.

McCarthy C. and Cobley J. (2009) Museums and Museum Studies in New Zealand: A Survey of Historical Developments. History Compass 7(2): 395-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00587.x.

Cobley J. (2008) Podcasting: cost effective outreach programmes for museums. Musings: Museums Association Western Australia.

Cobley J. (2007) Beyond the audio tour: 10 reasons why museums should podcast. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 32(1-2).

Cobley J. (2007) Podcasting: revealing museum treasures through storytelling. Insite: Journal for Museums Victoria : 3.

Cobley J. (2006) Postcards from Antiquity: travellers, teachers and treachery. Te Ara, Journal of Museums Aotearoa 31(1): 18-24.

Cobley J. (2005) Why were there no pink dresses? Stepping back in time at Ferrymead. Te Ara: Journal of Museums Aotearoa 30(1): 24-27.

Cobley J. (2004) Art Spaces as Research Stations: investigating SOFA. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 29(2).

Cobley J. (2003) Sex, booze and museums: a heady cocktail in Gore. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 28(2): 24-27.

Cobley J. (2003) Something for everyone: the rebranding of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna Waiwhetu. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 28(2): 24-27.

Cobley J. (2002) The feminisation of museums in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Ara 27(2): 14-21.

Additional Publications

Cobley J. (2020) The cookery book detective. Canterbury Museum. [Blog post].

Cobley J. (2019) An ethnographic approach to shaping Researcher Development. Victoria University of Wellington: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) – NZ universities Academic Development Symposium 2019: 'Holistic Academic Development', 31 Oct 2019.

Cobley J. (2019) Embedding researcher development at UC. University of Auckland: University Research Offices New Zealand Conference 2019, 06 Sep 2019.

Cobley J. (2019) What is Impact? University of Canterbury: UC Research Futures Symposium, 30 Aug 2019.

Cobley J. (2019) New conversations about safeguarding the future: a review of 4 books. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 7: 300-305. Berghahn Books. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070117.

Cobley J. (2019) Paradox, dilemma & uncertainty: shaping an ‘academic me’ in a performance-driven research world. Adelaide Convention Centre: Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) 2019: Research management excellence and impact: It's our business, 17-20 Sep 2019.

Cobley J. and Maidment J. (2019) Plan your research future now. University of Canterbury: UC Research Futures Symposium, 29 Aug 2019.

Cobley JJL. (2019) Makea: Queen of Rarotonga, Preserver of Women’s Weaving Traditions. In Crafting Aotearoa: A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania: 148-149. Wellington: Te Papa Press.

Cobley JJL. (2018) Baking to Remember Wartime: A Case Study of Signature Recipes. University of Canterbury: History Department Seminar, 16 May 2018.

Cobley JJL. (2018) Centring the other/framing Makea Takau Ariki, the Queen of Rarotonga, 1871-1911. University of Canterbury: New Zealand/Aotearoa Studies Seminar, 12 Sep 2018.

Cobley JJL. (2018) Ladies, a Plate: Where food history meets folklore. Space Academy, Christchurch: Festival of Transitional Architecture (FESTA), 22 Oct 2018.

Cobley JJL. (2018) Book review: Conal McCarthy, Te Papa: Reinventing New Zealand’s national museum 1998-2018, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2018.. Museums Aotearoa Quarterly June: 20-20. Wellington: Museums Aotearoa. [Book review (invited)].

Cobley JJL. (2018) Museum review: A positive future in classical antiquities: Teece Museum, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research: 141-143. Berg Publishers.

Cobley JJL. (2017) Food, gender, leisure & pleasure: Sampling New Zealand picnics, c1870s-1930s. Matariki Exhibition Space, University of Canterbury: Pleasure & Delight, 10 Nov 2017.

Cobley JJL. (2017) “Uncovering the Silence of Women’s Suffering”: Baking to remember war. University of Canterbury: Material memory: Visual cultures of Remembrance in Aotearoa New Zealand After World War, 2-2 Sep 2017.

Cobley JJL. (2017) Recipes, Armistice and remembrance: cookery books and the cult of housewifery 1918-1928. Ara Institutue of Canterbury, Christchurch: New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy, 25-26 Nov 2017.

Cobley JJL. (2017) The Intangible Natural Heritage of Ranunculus Paucifolius, the Castle Hill Buttercup. In Pickles K; Fraser L; Hill M; Murray S; Ryan G (Ed.), History Making a Difference: New Approaches: 249-263. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Cobley Joanna. (2016) ‘Museums and ecology - the story of ‘little frog’ (Ranunculus pacifolius)’. Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC: American Anthropological Association, Texas, US. [blog post].

Cobley J. (2015) Edible histories: reading the Anzac biscuit recipe and thinking about intangible cultural heritage. University of Canterbury: New Zealand Historical Association Conference (NZHA), 2-4 Dec 2015.

Cobley J. (2015) Food and memory: the Anzac biscuit recipe and intangible cultural heritage. Massey University, Wellington: Memory Research in New Zealand, 12-12 Nov 2015.

Cobley J. (2015) Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge, New Zealand's First World War Heritage. Auckland: Exisle Publishing, 2015; 287pp. New Zealand Journal of History 49(2): 192-195. [Book Review].

Cobley J. (2015) Lancelot and little frog: tracing McCaskill's legacy, the preservation of the Castle Hill buttercup (Ranunculus paucifolius)'. University of Canterbury: New Zealand Historical Association Conference (NZHA), 2-4 Dec 2015.

Cobley JJL. (2015) Hands-on, minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library: an introduction to GLAM education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZBHS9EWnY&feature=youtu.be. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury Teaching & Learning Week.

Cobley JJL. (2015) Steampunk Aestheticism: young women letting off steam in post-quake Christchurch. University of Canterbury: Tanya Harrod Craft History Symposium, sponsored by Creative New Zealand & the Auckland Museum, 16 Jul 2015.

Cobley J. (2014) Darwin in New Zealand. U3A, Arts Centre.

Cobley J. (2014) The Springbok Tour of '81. POLSOC, University of Canterbury: Politics in Sport Seminar.

Cobley J. (2014) Angela Wanhalla, Matters of the Heart: a history of interracial marriage in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2013; 231pp. Women's History Review 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2014.924788. [Book Review].

Cobley J. (2014) Te Heuheu's Gift: New Zealand's first national park, the story of Tongariro 1887-1908. Otago University, Dunedin: The Colonial World: Elemental Histories Symposium, 31-31 Oct 2014.

Cobley J. and Syddall C. (2014) Hands-on, Minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library & Archive: a pilot research project. Rydges Latimer Conference Centre, Christchurch: Archives & Records Association of New Zealand/ Australian Society of Archivists Conference (ARANZ)(ASA), 30 Sep-3 Oct 2014.

Cobley J. and Syddall C. (2014) Hands-on, Minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library & Archive: student learning experiences. Dilworth College, Auckland: New Zealand History Teachers Association Conference, 29-30 Sep 2014.

Cobley J. (2013) Glorat: From haunted house to regional treasure. Family History Society of New Zealand.

Cobley J. (2013) Pasifika Migration to New Zealand: social and cultural influences 1800-2010. U3A Mountfort, Christchurch.

Cobley J. (2013) Joanna Woods, Diplomatic Ladies: New Zealand's Unsung Envoys. New Zealand History Journal 47(2): 280-282. [Book Review].

Cobley J. (2007) Recipes of an acceptable nature: the hospitality of Nan Kent-Johnston. Otago University, Dunedin: 2nd New Zealand Food History Symposium, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2007.

Greenwood J., Cobley J., Mikaere-Wallis N. and Fa'afoi A. (2005) Project Four: Perspectives of people outside tertiary institutions involved in initial teacher education.Commissioned by Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council. 133pp.

Cobley J. (2003) The museum profession in Aotearoa New Zealand : a case study in economic restructuring and investigating the movement towards feminisation. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

Cobley J., Adams M., Falk J. and Pruit R. (1997) Phase I evaluation report: Motivations and expectations for the general museum visitor to the National Museum of African Art.Institute for Learning Innovation. Commissioned by Smithsonian Institute.

Student Supervision

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Completed

PhD - Lummis G: The life and legacy of Sir James Joseph Kinsey (1852-1936) (2020)
PhD - McNaughton E: Lighting Fires on the Beach: Learning in Art Galleries in New Zealand (2019)
PhD - van Vuuren L: Legacies of Closure: A History of Aranui High School Community 1960–2016 (2019)
Masters - Cross A: In the Beginning: The Canterbury Railways, 1863-78 (2017)
Masters - Hayes K: The Scholarship of Sandra Coney (2015)
Honours - Hayes K: Race relations in New Zealand Through an Analysis of Broadsheet Magazine 1972-1989 (2013)
Honours - Hughey-Cockerell N: A history of the Seabrook McKenzie Centre (2013)
Honours - Kos J: A most excellent thing: the introduction of brown trout (Salmo trutta) to Canterbury, New Zealand 1864-1872 (2013)

Review and Refereeing

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Cultural Trends ( 2018 )

Museum Worlds: Advances in Research ( 2018 )

Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes ( 2015 )

Future Research

Academic & researcher development (higher education; GLAM sector)
Teaching and learning (higher education; GLAM sector)
Food: traditions, cultural practices & sensory experiences (past, present & future)
Museum & Heritage studies (historical & contemporary practices)

Key Methodologies

Qualitative research methodologies
Interviewing
Archival research