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Dr Maria-Victoria Perez-Y-Perez

Contact

Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Email: maria-victoria.perez-y-perez@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694417

Office: Elsie Locke Building 314

Languages: English, Spanish

About
Research / Creative works
Supervision
Projects
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Fields of Research

  • The social organisation of sex work, policy, practice and identity politics
  • Sociology of sport and recreation
  • Gender, sexuality and the politics of identity
  • Healthy bodies and healthy spaces
  • The politics of qualitative research and research in Human Services
  • Social media and intimacy
  • Youth culture

Researcher Summary

Current research activities include:
* The transition to decriminalisation of sex work and the implications for sex work industry personnel, human service providers and government agents/bodies
* Teenage Fathers in Canterbury - this study explores young Canterbury father’s experiences of identity, sexuality and family
* Professional Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding as Socio-technical Networks - this study traces the networks that produce professional FSS athletes using Actor Network Theory.  

Planned projects include:
* Ethnography and ANT: sex worlds and youth worlds
* Social media and intimacy
* The global politics of sport and development and the implications for national sports bodies.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Communication, Journalism and Media Studies: Communication; Media Studies
  • Health and Health Sciences: Wellbeing
  • Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Feminist Studies; Gender & Sexuality; Methodology; Social Policy; Sociology; Sport

Resources

  • Staff webpage
  • Maria-Perez-Y-Perez-UC-05-0001-02_900px_profile.jpg

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • He L., van Heugten K., Perez-Y-Perez M. and Zheng Y. (2021) Issues of Elder Care among Migrant Workers in Contemporary Rural China: Filial Piety Redefined from a Foucauldian Perspective. Journal of Aging and Social Policy http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2021.1926203.
  • Abbas A., Abel G., Abreu A., Adam A., Adamek M., Adiletta G., Adusei-asante KA., Romeo MDM., Alderson A. and Alfaro E. (2020) Acknowledgement to reviewers of social sciences in 2019. Social Sciences 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9010006.
  • Wilson E., Perez-y-Perez M. and Evans NA. (2017) Editing hip-hop within youth work activities: an actor-network theory analysis. Journal of Youth Studies 20(10): 1396-1410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2017.1333586.
  • Perez-Y-Perez M. (2016) Mapping the Health and Safety of Female Sex Workers after the Prostitution Reform Act (2003): Human Services Perspectives and Responses. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies 11(4): 29-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2324-7576/CGP/v11i04/29-45.
  • Newick L. and Perez-y-Perez M. (2015) "I'm just glad I changed": Youth Stories of New Identities in Desistance. Te Awatea Review 12(1): 6-11.
  • Evans N. and Perez-y-Perez M. (2013) Will Marley come home? An exploration of the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes on people's relationships with their companion animals. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 25(2): 7-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol25iss2id76.
  • Daniels KR., Kramer W. and Perez-y-Perez M. (2012) Semen donors who are open to contact with their offspring: Issues and implications for them and their families. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 25(7): 670-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.009.
  • Evans N., Gray C., Christenhusz J. and Perez-y-Perez M. (2011) Working with people at risk: An exploration of human service practitioners' use of animal assisted interventions. Te Awatea Review 9(1-2): 26-32.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez M. and Stanley T. (2011) Ethnographic Intimacy: Thinking Through the Ethics of Social Research in Sex Worlds. Sociological Research Online 16(2): 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.2310.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez M., Marin L., Joseph D. and Evans N. (2011) The land of the long white unknown: The experiences of children and young people with a refugee or migrant background in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Awatea Review 9(1-2): 4-9.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez MV. (2009) "Doing it with the Lights on": The Decriminalisation of New Zealand Sex Work. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 4(8): 139-152.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2007) The struggle to minimise risk and harm for sex workers in New Zealand: The Prostitution Reform Act 2003. Te Awatea Review 5(1): 10-13.
  • Daniels K., Feyles V., Nisker J., Perez-y-Perez M., Newton C., Parker JA., Tekpetey F. and Haase J. (2006) Sperm Donation: Implications of Canada's Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2004 for Recipients, Donors, Health Professionals, and Institutions. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 28(7): 608-615.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2006) Violence against women: Diversifying social responses. Te Awatea Review 4(2): 15-18.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez M. and Stanley T. (2005) Researching Sex: 'Getting Our Hands Dirty'. Social Work Review 17(4): 30-38.
Chapters
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2015) Ethnography in a "Sexy Setting": Doing Research in a New Zealand Massage Parlour. In DeLamater J; Plante RF (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities: 109-122. New York: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17341-2_7.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez M. (2013) Risk and Social Networking. In Taylor A; Connolly M (Ed.), Understanding Violence: Context and Practice in the Human Services: 79-91. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Grant J. and Perez-Y-Perez M-V. (2021) Work Active – Embracing the Tertiary Learning Needs of Adults with Intellectual Disability - The “Forgotten Learners”.. Zoom - virtual conference: New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum, 8 Sep 2021.
  • Perez Y Perez M-V. and grant J. (2019) Work Active – supporting the “Forgotten Learners” in their journey to work. Hinton’s Vineyard, Christchurch: Ako Aotearoa Project Fund Colloquium – Southern Region, 2019, 1 Oct 2019.
  • Grant J., Cook T-A. and Perez-Y-Perez M-V. (2018) Work Active – supporting the “forgotten learners” in their journey to work. Hinton’s Vineyard, Christchurch: Ako Aotearoa Southern Hub Projects Colloquium, 12 Nov 2018.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2014) Mapping the Health and Safety of Female Sex Workers after the Prostitution Reform Act (2003): Human Services Perspectives and Responses. Vancouver, Canada: 9th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Knowledge Community, 11-13 Jun 2014.
  • Kramer W., Daniels K. and Perez y Perez M. (2010) Semen Donors Who Are Open to Contact with Their Offspring. Denver, CO, USA: America Society for Reproductive Medicine 66th Annual Meeting (ASRM2010), 23-27 Oct 2010.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez MV. (2009) "Doing it with the lights on": The Decriminalisation of New Zealand Sex Work. Athens, Greece: 4th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 8-11 Jul 2009.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2007) Tips, Tales and Camaraderie: 'Down time' in a massage parlour and the social organisation of sex work. Keele University, Staffordshire, UK: Gender Unbound, 9-11 Jul 2007.
  • Stanley T. and Perez-y-Perez M. (2007) Researching Sex: A Toolkit for Managing the Mess. University of East London, London, UK: British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference 2007, 12-14 Apr 2007.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. (2006) The Prostitution Reform Act 2003: The Struggle to Minimise Risk/Harm for Sex Workers in New Zealand. Montreal, Canada: RESOVI International Conference: Violence Against Women: Diversifying Social Responses, 22-24 Oct 2006.
  • Perez-y-Perez M. and Stanley S. (2006) Researching Sex: Getting Our Hands Dirty. Surfers Paradise, Australia: 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference Advances in Qualitative Methods (IIQM), 13-16 Jul 2006.
  • Pérez-y-Pérez M. (2002) Selling Sex': The New Zealand massage parlour. Christchurch, New Zealand: Social Science in the 21st Century: Sociological Association of Aotearoa (NZ) Conference, 5 Dec 2002.
Additional Publications
  • P�rez-y-P�rez MV. (2009) From Regulated Tolerance to Decriminalisation: Implementing the New Zealand Prostitution Reform Act 2003. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh: 01 Oct 2008.
  • P�rez-y-P�rez MV. (2009) Un Debate Sobre el Trabajo Sexual/Prostituci�n. el aula Gonzalo Anaya (5P07), Sociologia i Antropologia Social, Universitat de Valencia: 01 Jun 2008.
  • Pérez-Y-Pérez M. (2003) Discipline, autonomy and ambiguity: organisations, markets and work in the sex industry, Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

Student Supervision

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    Current
  • PhD - Purdie S: Psychiatrically labelled Women and their Experiences of Workplace Bullying
  • PhD - Tizzard M: Outside the Gate: How Women's experiences Managing their Alcohol and Drug Use when they are Released from Prison
  • Completed
  • PhD - He I: An Investigation of End-of-Life Care Experiences of Migrant Peasant Workers in China Through Discourses of Filial Piety (2018)
  • PhD - Meadows L: Abortion in Christchurch, New Zealand: Actors, Networks, and Organisation (2017)
  • PhD - Wilson E: Hip-hop and youth programs (2014)
  • Masters - Chiwome Madondo G: WOMEN’S RIGHTS COMPLEX IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MATRIX IN ZIMBABWE (2015)
  • Masters - Chiwome-Madondo G: Women’s rights in the constitution reform matrix in Zimbabwe
  • Masters - Welch C: Exploring the Discourse of Work and Mental Illness
  • Honours - Chiwome Madondo G: Struggle for Women’s Rights: A Case Study on Women’s Access to Maternal Health Services in the Eyes of Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (2012)
  • Honours - Gard G: The Lived Experience of a Service Provider in Working with Chinese Migrant Women who are Navigating Employment (2017)
  • Honours - Ingram J: The Problem of Human Rights and Children’s Welfare. In whose interest is best interest? (2012)
  • Honours - Kirkwood A: Exploring Youth Experience: Research into how youth experience the Stepping Stone Youth Mobile Service (2013)
  • Honours - Mayer S: Challenging the Debates: The Function of News Media Narratives With Regards to Child Abuse (2012)
  • Honours - Mulvena A: Children, Schools, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Critical Debates and Social Constructions (2017)
  • Honours - Newick L: “I’m just glad I changed” - Youth stories of desistance and alternative identities through challenge, community and commitment. (2013)
  • Honours - Richards S: A Discourse Analysis of Social Constructs of Incarcerated Fathers and Policies Applicable in New Zealand Prisons (2017)
  • Honours - Sagadin S: Housing experiences of families with the child on autistic spectrum after the Canterbury earthquakes (2015)
  • Honours - Shimasaki O: Exploring Discourses About the Impacts of New Zealand’s Involvement with Operation Grapple. (2017)
  • Honours - Shiner K: Fostering Workplace Friendship: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Human Services Workers to Know and Be a “Whole” Self (2017)
  • Honours - Stewart P: Investigating New Zealand Media Representations of 'Kinky People': Practice Implications (2012)
  • Honours - Thomas M: A Foucauldian Analysis of Online News Discourses on ‘Responsibility’ of Child Poverty (2017)
  • Honours - Watt J: Angels to Monsters: Media constructions of child offenders (2013)
  • Honours - Welch C: How does social enterprise sit within a social service delivery in New Zealand (2015)
  • Honours - Williams K: The Financialization of home ownership for Young People (2018)
  • Honours - Williams N: Male invalidation as victims of Domestic Violence (2016)
  • Honours - Yao Y: Responding to Child Emotional Poverty: The Winder Foundation Charitable Trust (2011)

Future Research

  • Socio-Technical Exploration of Professional Sport
  • Teen Fathers: Identities, Sexualities and Family
  • Social Media and Intimacy

Key Methodologies

  • Ethnography
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Qualitative Participatory Action Research
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