David Foote

From Urban Press

I have been working semi-proffesionally in theatre for the last ten years and it remains a core aspect of my identity. My plays have been called "gutsy, intelligent and intriguing" (Hannah Smith 18-03-2010, Salient) and my characters "Wonderful... with all the malevolence of any nineteenth century childrens story." (Gail Pittaway 20-09-2003, The Waikato Times).

I am currently in the first year of my Phd, with the intention of pursuing a career as an academician. My Phd research topic is an ethnography of mainland China’s largest enclave of corporate expatriates, in Shanghai. I intend to use participant observation to document the construction and performance of identity within this community, and to explore the extent to which transnational identities are manifest within it. Using the resulting data, as well as text gleaned from interviews and personal narrative, I intend to examine how this community of expatriates is bounded, whether these boundaries are fixed or contingent, and how their construction is influenced by expatriate privilege. Finally, by comparing the existing scholarship on Western expatriate communities with my own observations, it ought to be possible to suggest some parallels between them, hopefully broadening our understanding of Western transnational identity in the process. I hope to spend a year in China conducting this research.

Contents 1 Education 2 Research Interests and Experience 3 Professional Body Membership 4 Work Experience 5 Awards 6 Volunteer Experience 7 References 8 Social Media

Education

2007 to Present: Waikato University

MSocSci with 1st Class Hons

PG-Dip with Distinction (Anthropology)

Grad Cert (Anthropology)

1999 to Feb 2001: Waikato University

BA(Theatre Studies) - Computer Science 1st support.

Research Interests and Experience

Punks Anarchists and Vegans, Oh My.

Ethnography of an Anti-Capitalist Community of Dissent (Foote 2009)

Research Masters utilizing:

also completed the research methods paper, Ethnographic Research, in 2008.

My primary Research Interests include:

Professional Body Membership

ASAANZ

Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/NZ

Playmarket

Playwright Member

Work Experience

February 2009 to Present

Wintec: Department of Media Arts

Casting Consultant and Performance Coach for Moving Image Dept.

March 2008 to July 2009

Pathways College: University of Waikato

Tutor for Certificate of University Preparation

August 2006 to February 2008

Lone Star Hamilton

Stock management and kitchen maintenance, full time through Feb ’07. Kitchen-hand, part time from March ‘07

August 2006 to February 2008

Browsers Quality Secondhand Bookstore

Sole Charge Customer Service Position

2001 to Present

Urban Vineyard Productions

Independent Theatre Producer and Director. Writer/Director of several critically acclaimed works for the stage.

2000 to 2003

Deadman’s Pants Improv

Manager and Performer, Semiprofessional, improvised comedy troupe.

Awards

University of Waikato

University of Waikato Phd Scholarship (2010 to 2013)

2 time recipient of a University Blues Award for Outstanding Contribution to Culture (1999 and 2000)

Playmarket: Aotearoa Playwrights Conference

Delegate (2002)

Tikipunga High School

Honors Citation (1995)

Prefect (1995)

Volunteer Experience

As well as the large number of volunteer hours I currently put into the Hamilton theatre community generally, as an undergraduate and high school student I also participated in the following:

UPStage: Waikato University Theatre Club

Club President (2000)

Activities Officer (1999)

Tikipunga High School

Prefect (1995)

Student Facilities Committee Chairman(1995)

Editor School Newspaper (1994)

References

Dr. Michael Goldsmith, Associate Professor, mikegold@waikato.ac.nz

Dr. Keith Barber, Senior Lecturer, kbarber@waikato.ac.nz

Renee Casserly, Community Arts Advisor, Renee@artswaikato.org.nz

Social Media

Facebook: http://facebook.com/urbanvintner

Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/urbanvintner

Ted: http://www.ted.com/profiles/725097