Dr Alison Booth

Dr Alison Booth is programme leader of event management at the Auckland University of Technology.

Alison Booth is a postgraduate supervisor (Auckland University of Technology) and an independent researcher based in Auckland.

Her research focuses on the cultural representation of South Asian diasporic communities from a cross-disciplinary perspective. She is particularly interested in events, festivalisation, and the role of performing arts in cultural representation. Her work explores the processes and relationships that support the production of cultural events, with specific reference to events that are of interest to or produced by New Zealand's Indian communities.

She is a research associate at the University of Otago’s Centre for Global Migrations. Her current research projects include: Diwali in Dunedin, Indian global music networks in the diaspora, Race4Life palliative care wish impacts, and Rotorua community events and family quality of life. She is a former BA (Event Management) programme leader and lecturer in the Faculty of Culture and Society at AUT.

For more details, see Dr Booth's profile.