PGCertHighE (Otago), MA (Canterbury), PhD (Otago)
Contact details
Room 6C23, Richardson Building
Tel +64 3 479 5204
Email natalie.smith@otago.ac.nz
Natalie comes from a sociology of art and culture background. Her primary areas of research interest are New Zealand fashion design and the social and cultural factors that influence design.
She is particularly interested in the relationship between gender, work and design; craft; textile design; and the art/fashion nexus.
Natalie has a longstanding interest in arts governance and has served on the boards of several not-for-profit arts organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Teaching
Supporting 100-level Sociology papers
SOCI 101 Sociology of New Zealand Society
SOCI 102 Cultural and Social Identities
SOCI 103 Crime, Deviance and Social Transformation
Publications
Smith, N. (2022-2023). Q. and A. with The Chills frontman Martin Phillipps and the curators of Kaleidoscope World: Forty years of Flying Nun Katherine Milburn and Amanda Mills. Context, 43, 145-148. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Smith, N. (2022-2023). [Review of the exhibition Drift]. Context, 43, 149-155. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Bell, V., & Smith, N. (2022). Gift: Reflections on journeys, knowledge, labour and love [Exhibition report]. Scope: Art & Design, 23, 57-67. doi: 10.34074/scop.1023018
Smith, N. (2022). Collage and critical thinking: What the pop artists taught me about doing sociology. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 11, 40-47. doi: 10.34074/scop.4011007
Smith, N. (2022). [Review of the book Dressed: Fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910]. Context, 42, 104-107. [Book Review].
Radner, H., & Smith, N. (Eds.). (2011). NOM*d: The art of fashion. Dunedin and Gore, New Zealand: Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago, and the Eastern Southland Gallery, 82p.
Edited Book - Research
Smith, N. (2022). Ensor, Kura Te Whiria. In Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Ara: The encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved from https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6a3/ensor-kura-te-whiria
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N. (2019). New Zealand wearable art and the craft conundrum. In K. U. Māhina-Tua, K. Chitham & D. Skinner (Eds.), Crafting Aotearoa: A cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceana. (pp. 322-324). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N. (2019). Slow fashion and craft activism. In K. U. Māhina-Tua, K. Chitham & D. Skinner (Eds.), Crafting Aotearoa: A cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceana. (pp. 367-368). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N. (2017). The modern girl: Dale Austen, Miss New Zealand, in Hollywood. In R. Bell (Ed.), New Zealand between the wars. (pp. 256-279). Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N. (2014). Food and fashion: Establishing a critical distance from the "...mess". In P. Stupples (Ed.), Art and food. (pp. 133-145). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars.
Chapter in Book - Research
Radner, H., & Smith, N. (2013). Fashion, feminism and the neo-feminist ideal: From Coco Chanel to Jennifer Lopez. In S. Bruzzi & P. Church Gibson (Eds.), Fashion cultures revisited: Theories, explorations and analysis. (pp. 275-286). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Webster, E., & Smith, N. (2012). Black as a fashionable colour. In D. de Pont (Ed.), Black: The history of black in fashion, society and culture in New Zealand. (pp. 80-101). Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N., & Radner, H. (2011). NOM*d: Conceptual couture in Dunedin. In H. Radner & N. Smith (Eds.), NOM*d: The art of fashion. (pp. 13-34). Dunedin and Gore, New Zealand: Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago, and the Eastern Southland Gallery.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, N. (2022). Collage and critical thinking: What the pop artists taught me about doing sociology. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 11, 40-47. doi: 10.34074/scop.4011007
Journal - Research Article
Smith, N. (2021). "It's in a box in my wardrobe": "Re-searching" the practices of New Zealand women fashion designers. Scope: Art & Design, 21, 36-39. doi: 10.34074/scop.1021004
Journal - Research Article
Smith, N. (2019). From formality to fluidity: Fraser Crowe, “art as fashion, fashion as art,” twenty years on. Scope: Art & Design, 2019(17), 8-16. doi: 10.34074/scop.1017001
Journal - Research Article
Smith, N. (2004). The wearables and the Montana World of Wearable Art™ Awards: What it is and what it means. Journal of New Zealand Art History, 25, 33-44.
Journal - Research Article
Smith, N. (2022-2023). [Review of the exhibition Drift]. Context, 43, 149-155. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2022-2023). Q. and A. with The Chills frontman Martin Phillipps and the curators of Kaleidoscope World: Forty years of Flying Nun Katherine Milburn and Amanda Mills. Context, 43, 145-148. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2022). [Review of the book Dressed: Fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910]. Context, 42, 104-107. [Book Review].
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2022). [Review of the exhibition Fashion FWD >> Disruption through design]. Context, 42, 88-94. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2020). [Review of the exhibition Sāmoa no uta (A Song About Sāmoa)]. Context, 40, 77-82. [Performance/Film/Composition Review].
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N., & Bell, V. (2018). Unbound: The exhibition: Project report. Scope: Art & Design, 16, 8-15.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2017). [Review of the exhibition Stone cold cuts]. Blue Oyster, 2016, 58-60.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2017). When Dreams Turn to Gold: The Benson & Hedges and Smokefree Fashion Design Awards. Context, 34, 7-14.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2016). [Review of the exhibition iD2K16]. Blue Oyster, 2015, 21.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2016). [Review of the exhibition Margarita Robertson 3.33.12]. Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 5, 220-223.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2015). [Review of the exhibition Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan: Travel in style]. Textile History, 46(2), 266-268.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2015/2016). [Review of the exhibition The Brook Project, South Dunedin]. Context, 31, 34-39.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2014). [Review of the exhibition Not all white: Wedding dresses]. Context, 28, 62-65.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2014). [Review of the exhibition Pinewood bend 2013]. Blue Oyster, 2013, 64-69.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2014). [Review of the exhibition Who opens the door]. Context, 28, 66-67.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2013/2014). [Review of the exhibition Art and neuroscience]. Context, 27, 56-60.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2013/2014). [Review of the exhibition The living room, an instillation in the Art and Money exhibition]. Context, 27, 52-55.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2012). [Review of the exhibition Definite cuts]. Context, 24, 32-34.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2012). [Review of the exhibition Memory & fabric]. Context, 24, 39-40.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2012/2013). [Review of the exhibition Artifact]. Context, 25, 61-62.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2012/2013). [Review of the exhibition INDIGNATION!]. Context, 25, 66-68.
Journal - Research Other
Smith, N. (2012/2013). [Review of the exhibition WOW: But let's not forget the history]. Context, 25, 53-57.
Journal - Research Other
Bell, V., & Smith, N. (2022). Gift: Reflections on journeys, knowledge, labour and love [Exhibition report]. Scope: Art & Design, 23, 57-67. doi: 10.34074/scop.1023018
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Smith, N. (2004). Conceptual couturiers and the flight from art fashion. In M. Doropoulos, A. Farren & S. Worden (Eds.), Proceedings of the Space Between: Textiles, Art, Design, Fashion, Volume 2. [CD-ROM] Perth: Curtin University of Technology. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Smith, N. (2019). Dressing down Al Shaw's anxieties: The "Kiwi bloke" in crisis in Roger Donaldson's Smash Palace. Proceedings of Millennial Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies and Lumbersexuals: An International Conference. (pp. 32). Retrieved from https://millennialmasculinities.com/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, N. (2017). iD Dunedin Fashion Week, Dunedin style and the craftivism agenda. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance. (pp. 93). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/saanz
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, N. (2016). Gold, ash and greenstone: The Smokefree Environments Act (1990) and the rebirth of New Zealand fashion. In H. Radner & V. Karaminas (Eds.), Proceedings of The End of Fashion: An International Conference: Select Refereed Abstracts. (pp. 37). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of History and Art History, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, N. (2012). NOM*d, food and fashion: Establishing a critical distance from the '...Mess'. Proceedings of the Art & Food Symposium. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/foodscience/pdfs/foodandartprogramme.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, N. (2008). Dressing down Al Shaw's anxieties: The 'Kiwi bloke' in crisis in Roger Donaldson's Smash palace. In C. Fowler & R. Simmons (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIVth Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand (Vol. 1: Refereed Abstracts). (pp. 68-69). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Film, Media and Communication, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, N. (2021, April-May). Oamaru's fashion entrepreneurs: Maritza boutique and the fashion vanguard. Verbal presentation at the Costume & Textile Association of New Zealand (CTANZ) Symposium: Vision: Hindsight, Foresight, Insight, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Bell, V., & Smith, N. (2018, September). Unbound: The Exhibition: Contemporary reflections on the changeability of dress, bodies and sexualities. Verbal presentation at the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand Annual Symposium: Unbound: Liberating Women, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2016, February). Sewing dreams into gold: The Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Awards (1964-1998). Verbal presentation at the Making Women Visible Conference: A Conference in Honour of Barbara Brookes, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2015, April). The Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Awards (1964-1998): A case study in 'doing leisure' in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 14th Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand (CTANZ) Annual Symposium: Contexts of Fashion: Materiality and the Body, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2014, February). Dale Austen, Miss New Zealand (1927): Our modern girl in Hollywood. Verbal presentation at the Australian & New Zealand American Studies Association (ANZASA) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2013, March). WOW Now: The NZ Wearable Art Awards 25 years on. Verbal presentation at the 12th Annual Symposium of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand (CTANZ), Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2013, November). Dale Austen: A modern girl in the New Zealand context. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Historical Association Biennial Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, N. (2010, November). At home in 'New York Everyday': The Modern Girl in Rudall Hayward's ″A daughter of Dunedin″ (1928). Verbal presentation at the Cultures, Histories and Identities in Film, Media and Literature Research Network Postgraduate Research Colloquium: The Modern Girl: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
