New Zealand Cultural Performance Networks: Event Production and the Indian Diaspora

Abstract: In the globalised environment of the 21st Century, event production in New Zealand takes place through a variety of inter-acting relationships and producer identities that link local as well as international artists and audiences and that may lead to the creation of event production networks. Some networks may last no longer than a single event; others may persist across multiple events and years, involving a wide range of cultural actors and productions. The manner in which cultures construct, use, rearrange and maintain production networks offers insight into how cultures market and represent themselves. This research is concerned with the processes and relationships that support the production of cultural events, with specific reference to events that are of interest to and/or produced by New Zealand’s Indian communities.

Biography: Alison Booth is a lecturer at AUT in Event Management. She is currently a member of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute as a PhD candidate under the supervision of John Hull and Simon Milne. Alison holds a Masters Degree in Creative and Performing Arts with honours from the University of Auckland. She has presented conference papers internationally and has upcoming publications. Her professional career includes producing events across the industry with a specialty in world music. She is currently an associate member of the New Zealand Event Management Professionals, a member of the Society of Ethnomusicology as well as the International Society for Popular Music.