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Prof Anna Brown BA(Hons), BFA, MDes
Director, Toi Aria - Design for Public Good
CoCA - Partnerships and Projects
Anna Brown is the founder and research lead of Toi Āria: Design for Public Good at Toi Rauwhārangi, College of Creative Arts. She believes design has a role to play in delivering public good and is interested in how conversations and community engagement can drive social change.
Toi Āria aims to connect organisations, communities and government with the views and needs of the ‘people most affected’. She is a Principal Investigator at Te Punaha Mātatini, Centre of Research Excellence. Professor Brown is a practising designer. She has completed commissions nationally and internationally with visual artists, curators, editors and musicians.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 21 511 515
Location: Shared CoCA workspace, Block 1 Te Whare Pūkākā
Campus: Wellington
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Victoria University (1998)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts - University of Canterbury (2002)
- Master of Design - Massey University (2012)
Prizes and Awards
- CHI 2019 Honourable Mention Award for paper: Toward Algorithmic Accountability in Public Services: A Qualitative Study of Affected Community Perspectives on Algorithmic Decision-Making in Child Welfare Services Anna Brown, Alexandra Chouldechova, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Andrew Tobin, Rhema Vaithianathan - ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of (2019)
- Awarded USD 50,000 from the Social Impact Programme at SIGKDD to explore 'Community perspectives on the use of algorithms by Government: A pilot study of New Zealanders’ and Americans’ comfort with algorithmic decision-making in public services'. - SIGKDD (2018)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
I am a design researcher, educator and practitioner. Working across disciplines, subjects and forms my design research is articulated through diverse partnerships and varied collaborations. Recent explorations into how design for public good can be utilised for citizen engagement and as an agent of social change has expanded my practice to participatory design, public good, citizen engagement and design for deliberative democracy. I am the founder/director of the Toi Āria: Design for Public Good, a research group in the College of Creative Arts. I lead a small, adaptable team engaged in applied research projects, working with, or alongside, government agencies, and in partnership with community providers.
I am a practising designer with an international profile in book design. My work investigates through iterative processes, form, materials and typography how the vehicle of the book can animate and amplify the content it contains. I have completed significant commissions to collaborate nationally and internationally with visual artists, curators, editors and musicians.
Thematics
Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Built Environment And Design (120000):
Design Innovation (120302):
Design Practice and Management (120300):
Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) (120307)
Keywords
Participatory design; co-design; co-production; system design; trusted data; fairness & accountability; community acceptance; social licence
Book design, typography, narrative forms
Research Projects
Current Projects
Project Title: Te Pūnaha Matatini – PhD Scholarship for Coproduction project - Anjuli Muller
Date Range: 2022 - 2025
Funding Body: University of Auckland
Project Team:
- Prof Anna Brown - Project Leader
Completed Projects
Project Title: Toi Mai – Toi Whānui Workforce Development Plan
Date Range: 2023 - 2023
Funding Body: Toi Mai Workforce Development Council
Project Team:
- Prof Anna Brown - Project Leader
Research Outputs
Conference
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Becker, J., Brown, A., Johnston, D., Kenney, C., Rahubadde Kankanamge, R., Stock, K., Tan, M.
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Parkin, T.
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.Contributed to by: Bailey, J.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Brown, A.
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Brown, A., Kenney, C., Rahubadde Kankanamge, R., Stock, K., Tan, M.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Brown, A.
Report
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A., Donaldson, J., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Parkin, T.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Parkin, T.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A., Hazou, R., Page, W., Tilley, E.Edited by: Tilley, E.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Brown, A.
Creative Work
[Exhibition]Authored by: Brown, A., Cook, D.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Parkin, T.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.Edited by: Bailey, J.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Artwork]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A., Parkin, T.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Design]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Artwork]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Film or Video]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Film or Video]Authored by: Brown, A.
Book
[Chapter]Authored by: Becker, J., Brown, A., Kenney, C., Rahubadde Kankanamge, R., Stock, K., Tan, M.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A., Galloway, A., Reddaway, R.Contributed to by: Reddaway, R.
[Discussion Paper]Authored by: Brown, A.
[Chapter]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Contributed to by: Brown, A., Foster, S., TeAo, S.Edited by: Galbraith, H.
[Chapter]Authored by: Brown, A.
Thesis
[Masters Thesis]Authored by: Brown, A.
Other
[Internet publication]Authored by: Becker, J., Brown, A., Kenney, C., Parkin, T., Rahubadde Kankanamge, R., Stock, K., Tan, M.
[Other]Authored by: Brown, A., Parkin, T.Contributed to by: Brown, A.
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
My pedagogical approach is to provide students with varied experiences to both stimulate and challenge, and to enable them to become independent learners. Three principles underpin my teaching (and research) — ideally projects should be collaborative, transformative and applied — providing real world learning to students, staff, researchers and collaborators alike.
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 2 | 0 |
Co-supervisor | 2 | 1 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Anjuli Muller
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Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring co-production & participatory public engagement through the subject of women’s health in Aotearoa NZ -
Sonya Withers
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Doctor of Philosophy
An Aotearoa-Moana design space: Moana-centred design practices towards enabling the well-being of our communities.
Co-supervisor of:
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Alice Tappenden
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Doctor of Philosophy
Parenting in the Cultural and Creative Industries: Understanding the effects of parenting on the careers of musicians, artists, and filmmakers in Aotearoa New Zealand -
Matt Luani
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Doctor of Philosophy
Holistic design from a Pasifika perspective for urban resilience in emergency management.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2022
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Gabrielle Amodeo
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Doctor of Philosophy
Life-Drawing: Trauma and Intimacy in the Essay Qua Drawing