Examining Traditional Maaori Knowledge Frameworks and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission “Titiro, Whakarongo” - he huarahi ako noo ngaa raa o nehe. “Look, Listen”- a way of learning from days past.
Rewi, Raewyn Tangiwai
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Rewi, R. T. (2018). Examining Traditional Maaori Knowledge Frameworks and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission ‘Titiro, Whakarongo’ - he huarahi ako noo ngaa raa o nehe. ‘Look, Listen’- a way of learning from days past. (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8421
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Abstract:
Te Aria (Abstract)
This thesis investigates the way knowledge is transmitted inter-generationally, and the teaching and learning methods (or pedagogies) used to do this. The transmission referred to here relates to knowledge about practices associated with the Kiingitanga ‘kingship movement’ of which the Waikato iwi ‘tribe’ have long been the kaitiaki ‘guardians’. The pouwhirinaki ‘participants’ are from the Ngaati Tiipaa and Ngaati Amaru hapuu ‘sub tribes’ from the Port Waikato area; however, participants also came from other hapuu and iwi within the Waikato-Tainui rohe ‘region’.I set out to analyse whether there is any correlation between the traditional Maaori knowledge frameworks of old being utilised in the way we learn the roles associated with three domains on the marae ‘communal gathering place’ during three key Kiingitanga events. This thesis explores how learning was undertaken in ngaa whare waananga tawhito ‘traditional houses of learning’ before documenting my participants’ narratives about how they learned their roles. It concludes with my analysis of these findings and offers some recommendations, based on what the participants said, about cultural revitalisation looking forward.
Date:
2018
Advisor:
Reilly, Michael Patrick Joseph
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Discipline:
Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies
Publisher:
University of Otago
Research Type:
Thesis
Languages:
English