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View article: Indigenising ‘Research’ and Reconnecting Knowledge to Place – Indigenous Compositions, Songs, and Chants as Research Methods
Indigenising ‘Research’ and Reconnecting Knowledge to Place – Indigenous Compositions, Songs, and Chants as Research Methods Open
The decolonisation and Indigenisation of research have been central to ongoing debates among Indigenous scholars, as they seek to reclaim knowledge systems disrupted by colonisation. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Māori methodologies grounded …
View article: Te Maramataka—An Indigenous System of Attuning with the Environment, and Its Role in Modern Health and Well-Being
Te Maramataka—An Indigenous System of Attuning with the Environment, and Its Role in Modern Health and Well-Being Open
The connection between the natural environment and human health is well documented in Indigenous narratives. The maramataka—a Māori system of observing the relationships between signs, rhythms, and cycles in the environment—is underpinned …
View article: Using long-term experimental restoration of agroecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve implementation of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation
Using long-term experimental restoration of agroecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve implementation of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation Open
Tree planting has long played a major role in the New Zealand Government’s approach to climate mitigation and is increasingly understood as important for climate adaptation. However, large-scale tree planting in Aotearoa New Zealand has be…
View article: Ako for Niños: An animated children’s series bridging migrant participation and intercultural co-design to bring meaningful Tikanga to Tauiwi
Ako for Niños: An animated children’s series bridging migrant participation and intercultural co-design to bring meaningful Tikanga to Tauiwi Open
This presentation advances a case study for an ongoing intercultural animation project which seeks to meaningfully educate New Zealand Tauiwi (the country's diverse groups, including migrants and refugees) on the values, customs and protoc…
View article: Ko te Tika, ko te Pono, ko te Aroha: Exploring Māori values in the university
Ko te Tika, ko te Pono, ko te Aroha: Exploring Māori values in the university Open
This research is offered as a koha (contribution) to the ongoing debates within the university where all co-authors work as academic staff, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. We set out to critically…
View article: He wai! The place of waiata in extrapolating tūrangawaewae
He wai! The place of waiata in extrapolating tūrangawaewae Open
How can waiata declare and perpetuate one's belonging to place, to türangawaewae?Waiata are commonly performed at pöwhiri following, and in support of, whaikörero.Within this context, place is central to waiata.Waiata's purpose is to compl…
View article: ‘Mōhiti E’: Empowering (Trans) Indigenous Performance
‘Mōhiti E’: Empowering (Trans) Indigenous Performance Open
How might a collaborative performance staged across indigenous cultures – in this case Māori and Native American – be seen to create a shared wairua that leads to mārama? For this Symposium, Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi/Waikato) will compose a w…