Rachel is currently a fulltime student studying for a doctorate in Development Studies through the Victoria University of Wellington. Her thesis will explore how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand negotiate charity appeals and what the educative impact of these appeals may be. This research is at the intersection of the fields of development, visual and media culture, marketing, education and psychology.
Poverty and Psychology: From Global Perspective to Local Practice, Eds Stuart Carr and Tod S Sloan, Plenum Publishers, 2003
The Rumour of Calcutta, by John Hutnyk, Zed Books, 1996
Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits, an anthology. Edited by Rasna Warah, Author House, 2008
Martin Deschamps
rachel@sqrl.net
"To control the culture, one must control the pictures"
Susan Moeller
"The consequences of the single story robs people of dignity.When we reject the single story, we regain a kind of paradise"
Chimamanda Adichie
