He Tātai Whenua: Environmental genealogies

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume3
dc.contributor.authorForster M
dc.date.available19/07/2019
dc.date.issued19/07/2019
dc.description.abstractWhakapapa, an indigenous form of genealogy of the Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand, is a powerful tool for understanding social phenomena. In this paper, the environmental histories of Aotearoa New Zealand are converted to whakapapa/genealogical sequences and kōrero tuku iho/narratives derived from whakapapa, to demonstrate this explanatory power. It is argued that whakapapa is much more than a method for mapping kinship relationships. Whakapapa enables vast amounts of information to be collated and analysed, to reveal a multitude of narratives. It also facilitates a critique of indigenous rights issues, revealing Māori agendas for environmental management. Therefore, the whakapapa sequences and narratives created as part of this paper provide an understanding that is not restricted to the grand narrative or the past as whakapapa is never-ending, dynamic, fluid and future-focused.
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dc.edition.edition42
dc.format.extentJan-14
dc.identifier.citationGenealogy, 2019, 42, 3 (3), pp. 1 - 14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/genealogy3030042
dc.identifier.elements-id442280
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/16252
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
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dc.titleHe Tātai Whenua: Environmental genealogies
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Maori Knowledge
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