Puna Kei‘ā: Te au tangata ē te ‘enua – The district of Kei‘ā: The people and the land
Reilly, Michael

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Reilly, M. (2006). Puna Kei‘ā: Te au tangata ē te ‘enua – The district of Kei‘ā: The people and the land. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5165
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Abstract:
This seminar is about a place in the Cook Islands. To be more precise, it concerns a research project that explores the cultural meanings of the land comprising the district of Kei`ā, one of six wedge-shaped puna (districts) constituting the largest land units in the island of Mangaia. During my research over some 15 or more years there I have been privileged to build up a variety of relationships with the people of the land, the tangata `enua. The following seminar reflects upon the ethics of research in an indigenous community, and has benefitted from a long time collaboration with Dr Richard Walter, an archaeologist at the University of Otago. Many of the following ideas have developed in the course of conversations between the two of us about our work in Kei`ā.
Date:
2006
Keywords:
Keia; Mangaia; research methods and ethics; indigenous research by non-indigenous scholars; cultural landscape; Mangaian society; Mangaian history; mapping landscapes; battlesites; tourism; Michael Reilly; Dr Michael Reilly; Professor Michael Reilly; Te Tumu
Research Type:
Seminar, Speech or Other Presentation
Notes:
A seminar presented to INGX 501 – Indigenous Theory and Method. This paper is a core requirement of the Master of Indigenous Studies (MIndS), an online degree offered by Te Tumu. For further information regarding this programme please visit the MIndS website – www.otago.ac.nz/minds