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1	Fragmentation and Restoration: Generational Legacies of 21st Century Māori Malcolm-Buchanan, Vincent Alan January 2009 (has links) The content of this thesis is premised on a reflexive examination of some historical juxtapositions culminating in critical aspects of being Māori in the twenty first century and how such aspects have informed contemporary indigenous identity. That is, the continuing acknowledgement and exponential public recognition of critical concepts which inextricably link indigenous and civic identity. The theoretical sources for this research are, in the main, derived from anthropological and religious studies, particularly on the significance of mythologies and oral histories, as well as from the oral theorising of elders in Aotearoa New Zealand. A very significant contribution from one such elder, a senior Māori woman academic, has been included in the form of the transcript of an interview. She herself had collected the views of a number of elders on myth, creating a rare and valuable resource. In the interview she married her reflections on these with her own experiences and her cogent analyses. From the outset, it was necessary to be discerning so as to ensure the thesis workload was manageable and realistic. For this reason the selected critical aspects that have been used to frame this research are (1) a developing Western validation (that is, acknowledgement and respect) of Māori, Māori culture and their mythology; (2) oral history (genealogy) and traditions that have remained constant despite the influences of modernity; and (3) notions of fluidity, negotiation and pragmatism regarding kinship legacies and cultural heritage. The thesis is comprised of six chapters starting from a subjective narrative leading through increasingly objective discourses that culminate in a conclusion which supports a belief that modern Māori require a balancing of critical aspects of cultural heritage, with a broad understanding of the world of the 'other', in order to realise and develop their contemporary indigenous identity. Ultimately, indigenous ideologies, practices and knowledge recorded and examined in the world of academia today, become potential resources for tomorrow. The intention of this research is to aggregate and discuss intrinsic aspects of the Māori past as well as developing aspects of the present, in order to better understand the significance of the future, and to add to the growing corpus of indigenous worldviews. Maori Pakeha Aotearoa New Zealand Te Ao Maori intergenerational nation building diffused Christian Ratana Te Arawa Tuhoe Ngati Pikiao Ngati Whare spatial temporal historical juxtapositions myth oral histories indigenous knowledge ideologies pre-literate society pre-contact Maori worldview autochthonous New Zealand Waitangi Tribunal whaikorero whakapapa marae whanau hapu iwi ethnocentrism institutional marginalisation discrimination post-colonial kinship generational continuity dis-continuity fragmentation restoration universals historical redress oral transmission knowledge transfer social control icocnoclasm religion anthropology history cultural memory eponymous unified transitional stratified

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