Emma Hughes
Emma Hughes spent several years living in Egypt and working with women’s rights groups in Egypt and East Africa where she was involved with development and advocacy projects addressing women’s rights issues. In New Zealand she worked firstly for the Centre for Indigenous Governance and Development at Massey University, and currently as a research adviser. As a visiting research scholar at the American University in Cairo in 2008 she returned to Egypt to document the Nubian case.
Books by Emma Hughes
Politics of Indigeneity
Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism
Edited by Emma Hughes, Sita Venkateswar
Provocative and original, The Politics of Indigeneity explores the concept of indigeneity across the world–from the Americas to New Zealand, Africa to Asia–and the ways in which it intersects with local, national and international social and political realities. Taking on the role of critical interlocutors, the authors engage in extended dialogue with indigenous spokespersons and activists, as well as between each other. In doing so, they explore the possibilities of a ‘second-… (more information)