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Prof Elspeth Tilley BA(Hons), PhD
Professor in Creative Communication
Doctoral Mentor Supervisor School of Humanities Media and Creative CommProfessor Elspeth Tilley is a graduate of the University of Queensland, with bachelors, honours and doctoral degrees in drama and literature. Her multidisciplinary doctoral study on Australian culturally embedded racism in theatre, fiction, poetry, cinema, and media texts, published as the monograph 'White Vanishing' in 2012, has become recognised as an important text in the turn to anti-colonial reconsideration of postcolonial cultures' dominant creative storytelling tropes. Described as "magisterial" and "a powerful piece of anti-colonialism" by reviewers, it uses critical race and critical whiteness studies tools to deconstruct the role of white Australia's 'lost in the bush' myth in the cultural and material dispossession of Indigenous Australians.
Elspeth also has extensive applied theatre experience including formal training in improvisation, youth theatre, writing for theatre, and acting. She has worked professionally as a stage and screen actor, and as a journalist and public relations consultant, the latter role leading to her first academic job in communication in 2000.
After more than a decade teaching, researching, and publishing in communication, particularly public relations ethics, intersectional feminist theories of communication, and communication for social change, Dr Tilley returned to teaching theatre and creative activism at 黑料网 Wellington in 2014. She now primarily publishes on performance and creative activism, enjoys directing regular student theatre both scripted and devised, and specialises in developing pedagogy, research, and applied projects that combine her two areas of expertise - the arts and communication - to find the synergies and opportunities for creative communication to address key problems in our world. These have included producing Climate Change Theatre Action Aotearoa four times, founding the Create1World youth creative activism conference, and collaborating with community partners on Te Hā Tangata, a storytelling project on homelessness. You can watch Elspeth's Ted-X talk, on the power of art to change the world, here:
In terms of creative research, Elspeth's short plays are all examples of creative communication, using theatre to address social and political issues such as climate change and gender stereotypes. Her plays have been performed internationally, including in Rome (in Italian translation), Paris, Shanghai, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Manila, Dubai, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and more. She has won the British Theatre Challenge three times, been a three-time official playwright for Climate Change Theatre Action, received playwriting awards in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, and was awarded the Playwrights' Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achievement Award in 2018.
Professor Tilley's research is both critical and creative, with a central interest in the relationships between cultural texts and social change. She researches across theatre, performance, literature, media, and public communication as cultural texts. Her critical research looks at ethics and social justice, exploring how race, gender, and inequality are represented, embedded, and challenged in the stories artists, communities, and organisations tell. She also researches creative activism pedagogy. Her creative research takes these insights and applies them to playwriting, performance making, community-based storytelling and other applied creative activism. Elspeth has won awards for both her critical research and her playwriting.
Professional
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Ph: 0800 MASSEY ext 63565
Location: C36, Block 7
Campus: Wellington
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - University of Queensland (1996)
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Queensland (2007)
Prizes and Awards
- Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand 2024 Charles Fleming Publishing Award - Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand (2024)
- Best Play, Pint Sized Plays New Zealand 2019, for Fabio the Great, written by Elspeth Tilley, directed by Greg Dorn and performed by Chris McKenzie, Nathan Cook & Rosie Fea. - Remarkable Theatre (2019)
- Special Jury Prize - Outstanding Curated Play. Stage-It 3 International Playwriting Competition, Florida, USA. For Te Hā Tangata, by V. Swenson, M. Dewes, S. Pickering & E. Tilley. - Centers for the Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida (2019)
- Finalist – Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest, New York 2019, for World - Mario Fratti & Fred Newman Political Play Contest, Castillo Theatre, New York (2019)
- Equal First Place – Playwrights’ Association of New Zealand Long Play Award 2019, for 'World' - Playwrights' Association of New Zealand (2019)
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- 黑料网 College of Humanities & Social Sciences Sustained Excellence Award for Teaching, 2019 - College of Humanities & Social Sciences (2019)
- 2019: Top 80, Sydney Short + Sweet Festival, Te Hā Tangata: The Play - Various (2019)
- Winner, British Theatre Challenge 2019, for 'Fabio the Great' - Sky Blue Theatre, London (2019)
- 2018: Winner, Westcliffe Colorado Centers for the Arts Playwriting Competition, 'Fabio the Great' 2018: Playwrights Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achievement Award 2018: Winner, British Theatre Challenge 2018, 'Bunnies and Wolves' 2018: Top 80 Finalist, Sydney Short + Sweet Festival, 'Bunnies and Wolves' 2018: Top 10 ranking, King's Shorts, Canada, 'Bunnies and Wolves' - Various (2018)
- 2017: Winner, British Theatre Challenge 2017, ‘Waiting for Go’ 2017: Runner Up, Pint Sized Plays New Zealand, ‘Waiting for Go’ 2017: Selected Playwright, Climate Change Theatre Action, ‘The Penguins’ 2017: Top 80 finalist, Short+Sweet Festival Sydney, ‘Waiting for Go’ (and People’s Choice 2nd place Wk5) 2017: Wildcard selection, Short+Sweet Festival Dubai, ‘Waiting for Go’ 2017: Shortlisted, Short+Sweet Auckland, ‘The Smiths’ 2016: Top 20 finalist, Short+Sweet Festival Canberra, ‘Waiting for Go’ 2016: Top 20 finalist, Short+Sweet Festival Manila, ‘Waiting for Go’ 2015: Acknowledged in New Zealand Parliament for contribution to Pacific Issues, for 'Flotsam', about climate change impact in the Pacific 2015: Selected Playwright, Climate Change Theatre Action (10 international performances of Flotsam, including off-Broadway) 2013: Emerald Literati Network Highly Commended Award for Excellence, for Tilley, E., Fredricks, S., & Hornett, A. (2012). Kinship, culture and ethics in organisations: Exploring implications for internal communication. Journal of Communication Management, 16(2), 162-184. “One of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2012”. - Multiple (2012)
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Research Expertise
Research Interests
creative activism, creativity, aesthetics, theatre, creative communication, social justice, social change, critical race studies, critical whiteness studies, playwriting, political theatre, creative activism pedagogy
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Applied Ethics (220100):
Art Theory and Criticism (190100):
Communication and Media Studies (200100):
Cultural Studies (200200):
Cultural Theory (200204):
Culture, Gender, Sexuality (200205):
Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (190404):
Languages, Communication And Culture (200000):
Literary Studies (200500):
Performing Arts and Creative Writing (190400):
Philosophy And Religious Studies (220000):
Postcolonial Studies (200211):
Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000)
Keywords
creativity
creative activism
theatre
performance
communication
aesthetics
social change
ethics
discourse
critical whiteness
critical race studies
feminism
Research Outputs
Creative Work
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Journal
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Thesis
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Report
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Conference
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Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
Professor Tilley teaches in the Bachelor of Communication, Massey's innovative cross-college communication degree, as well as at postgraduate (BC Honours, Master of Communication, Master of Arts, and PhD) levels. She has taught into both paradigms of the Bachelor of Communication (business and humanities) and so brings a unique understanding of the overall value of combining creativity and critical thinking with communication planning and strategy to develop well-rounded, flexible communication graduates.
Dr Tilley has published pedagogical research on teaching creative activism and has a particular interest in delivering social and emotional pedagogies that embed knowledge acquisition within skills such as teamwork, empathy and an ethics of care.
Graduate Supervision Statement
Dr Tilley enjoys supervising transdisciplinary research that starts from a social issue or challenge, then builds flexible and novel research responses from a range of appropriate disciplines, including creative disciplines. She has interests in theatre, playwriting and other forms of creative activism for social change, and encourages researchers who are keen to both produce and analyse such work, to get in touch. In addition to the doctoral supervision noted below, Dr Tilley is also a regular doctoral examiner, a convenor of doctoral examinations, and has supervised multiple students to completion in the Master of Arts, Master of Creative Writing, Master of Communication, and Master of Management degrees.
Current Doctoral Supervision
Supervisor of:
- Simone Gabriel - PhD
Deep Nature: Indigenous Ecopsychology and Ritual Practice for Wellbeing in Creative Activism - Chengxu Zhao - PhD
The representation of China's 'leftover women' on social media - Rosalind Lewis - PhD
Invisible Courage: Creative Writing as a Healing Methodology for Survivors of Domestic Violence - Zhenxing Jiang - PhD
Re-mediated Theatre, Liberated Audience? Unraveling The Power Dynamic of Chinese Dance Drama and the Audience - Nataliya Oryshchuk – PhD
Staging Migration in Aotearoa - Theatrical expressions of diasporic subjectivity as creative activism - Zhihan Wang - PhD
Comparison of Course Content and Teaching Methods - An Analysis of the Similarities and Differences between Actor Training Programmes in Chinese and New Zealand Universities. - Cynthia Hiu Ying Lam - PhD
Resistance, Healing and Empowerment through Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance–– 愛,媽媽 (Love, Mum): A Solo Matrilineal Memoir on Chinese Womanhood - Max Zhang - PhD
Untying Women's Shackles, Breaking Gender Stereotypes - Creative Adaptation of Yue Opera (1949-present)
CoSupervisor of:
- Jax Watt - PhD
The Whakapapa of Contemporary Fire Poi
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Supervisor of:
- 2023 - April-Rose Geers – PhD
Transnational Creative Activism: Writing Activism Poetry in Response to an International Human Rights Crisis - 2022 - Ammar Al-Maani - PhD
"Inbetweeners": Dialogic Strategies and Practices for Writing Arab Migration Through Intercultural Theatre - 2020 - Angelynne Enoka - PhD
Under the gaze: A study of the portrayal by the New Zealand print media of Pacific Island workers in the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme, 2007 - 2012 - 2017 - Sara McBride - PhD
The Canterbury Tales: Learnings from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence in New Zealand to inform better public communication design - 2013 - Aien Mohd Hasan- PhD
Towards achieving global standards: The role of public relations in processes and outcomes of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Malaysia
CoSupervisor of:
- 2021 - Helen Pearse-Otene - PhD
Waiho hoki au i raro nei - Leave me here below: Unearthing the wisdom of Hine nui te Po through the art of survival narratives - 2015 - - PhD
Whose News? Investigating power relations between journalists and public relations practitioners - 2013 - Fiona Shearer- PhD
A critical discouse study of an adult literacy organisation's publicity in Aotearoa NewZealand from 1973 to 2009 - 2012 - Thomas Owen- PhD
Patents, Pills, the Press and the Poor: Discourse and Hegemony in News Coverage of Global Access to Medicines Dispute, 1997-2003.
Prof Elspeth Tilley is not currently available for Masters or Doctoral supervision.
Media and Links
Media
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31 Jul 2019 - Online
Massey News - Op Ed
What I learned from a new generation of activists and leaders: Overview of the Festival for the Future -
30 Oct 2019 - Online
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28 Nov 2018 - Online
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28 May 2017 - Television
TV1 National Nightly News
‘I don’t like being caged’ – Wellington’s homeless tell their stories in a bid to challenge stereotypes. -
27 Nov 2015 - Newspaper, Online
Staging a cause
assey University theatre and arts lecturer Elspeth Tilley has had her play Flotsam accepted as one of the official plays for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change. - view more...
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27 May 2017 - Newspaper, Online
Stuff National News
The stories of homelessness find a place to be heard. By Brad Flahive. -
27 Jan 2017 - Newspaper, Online
Indigenous history should take precedence
Bendigo Advertiser media story about Amy Spiers' creative activism campaign against white vanishing myths. The campaign commissioned an original play from cultural theorist Elspeth Tilley, author of ' -
27 Aug 2020 - Newspaper
The New Zealand Herald
Communication matters: Clear, trustworthy information needed to stop anti-vaxxers undermining Covid vaccination. -
27 Aug 2020 - Online
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26 May 2016 - Online
Students take the New Zealand Justice System ...
Students take the New Zealand Justice System to the stage Just weeks before Cabinet makes a decision about whether or not to raise the age of youth justice, students from 黑料网 in Welling -
26 Aug 2020 - Radio, Online
Tick. Tick. Podcast.
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26 Apr 2018 - Online
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New book reveals what life is like for the homeless. -
26 Apr 2017 - Magazine, Online
White Australia and Picnic At Hanging Rock
Picnic At Hanging Rock is one of the most celebrated novels and film adaptations in modern Australian history. But its effects on ancient Aboriginal culture aren’t worth celebrating, writes JOSEPH EAR -
25 Jan 2017 - Online
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25 Aug 2021 - Online
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Sharing the risky business of being creative
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21 Oct 2015 - Online
Theatre to provoke new thinking on climate change
As world leaders prepare for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris next month, 黑料网 staff and students in Wellington are staging a series of provocative short plays and -
21 Mar 2014 - Newspaper, Online
Smokefree speaker to visit campus
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Writer’s climate change play goes global
A short play highlighting a Pacific perspective on climate change is being staged at theatres in the United States as part of a global theatre movement leading up to a major conference in Paris later -
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18 Oct 2017 - Online
Still Waving: Climate Change Theatre Action.
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British schoolgirl smokefree inspiration
黑料网 is bringing British schoolgirl Katie Lou Holland to Palmerston North next week to inspire Kiwi youth to join a worldwide movement. -
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17 Jan 2017 - Television
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17 Feb 2022 - Newspaper
Rangatahi share ideas on art to build hope
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16 Jun 2016 - Radio, Online
New play pushes for changes to Youth Court
A play pushing for the youth court to cover 17 and 18 year olds too, has proved authentic enough for a judge, and persuasive enough for the head of the youth wing of the National Party. -
16 Apr 2014 - Online, Magazine
Young People's Voices in the Smokefree Revolution
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15 Mar 2019 - Radio
Radio New Zealand: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
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15 Mar 2019 - Newspaper
Stuff National News: Op Ed.
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Radio New Zealand: Standing Room Only
It’s a library, but not as we know it. Te Hā Tangata brings to light the stories of those affected by homelessness. -
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The Big Idea: News
No ‘doom and gloom’ here: Theatre puts hope into climate challenges. By Leah Tebbutt and Katherine Dewar. -
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Volcanic Eruption Detection System Mount Ruapehu
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11 May 2018 - Magazine, Online
The Big Idea: Op Ed.
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11 Jun 2020 - Online
Massey News
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10 Jun 2016 - Television, Online
Play examines realities of youth in adult justice
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The Dominion Post
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Massey performance examines youth justice
黑料网 performance examines the disparities in justice for young offenders -
08 Jun 2016 - Newspaper, Online
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08 Jan 2017 - Magazine, Online
Fine lines in teen justice
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07 Nov 2019 - Online
Massey News
Create1World – an antidote to climate grief. -
06 Aug 2019 - Online
Massey News
Horse comedy a treble win for Massey playwright. -
05 Sep 2017 - Newspaper, Online
Stuff National News
Kiwi road-workers’ dialogue takes London's West End stage. -
05 Nov 2013 - Television
It's My Life on TV1 Breakfast
Interview on Breakfast about Smokefree It's My Life research project -
05 Jul 2016 - Online
Creativity key to making world a better place
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04 Nov 2013 - Television
Smokefree It's My Life on TV3 News
Interview on TV3 news about Smokefree It's My Life Research Project -
02 Sep 2020 - Radio
Combatting the resurgence of Covid-19
Nerida Ashcroft and Andrew Curtis talk with Elspeth Tilley about ethics and mask wearing. -
01 Sep 2018 - Online
Podcasts on Playwriting
Podcasts on Playwriting – for New Zealand Theatre Month. With Philip Braithwaite, Elspeth Tilley, Angie Farrow and Nataliya Oryshchuk -
01 Nov 2013 - Newspaper, Online
Campaign to stop youth smoking
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01 Jun 2020 - Radio
Sputnik News
Everybody 'Deserves Consent' With Regards to Social Distancing, Academic Says -
01 Jan 2014 - Radio
Radio interviews on Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB interviewed multiple members of the smokefree It's My Life research team including Elspeth Tilley in 2015, Janaya Soma in 2014 and Katie Lou Holland in 2013 -
01 Jan 2013 - Newspaper
Newspaper coverage of It's My Life
Multiple news items throughout 2013 and 2014 reported on the Smokefree It's My Life research project including the youth competition, the winners, and the survey results showing smoking change. Newsp -
01 Aug 2019 - Newspaper
Sydney Morning Herald
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