Understanding languaculture from an Indigenous Maori worldview

This paper presents understandings from indigenous Maori kaumatua (elders both male and female) and whanau (parents and extended family members) from Aotearoa New Zealand. These people live in a close-knit hapu (subtribe) community close to an ancestral meeting space known as their marae. Their mara...

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Published in:The Australian journal of indigenous education 2022, Vol.51 (2), p.1-16
Main Authors: Berryman, Mere, Rameka, Lesley, Togo, Tracey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonialism
colonisation
Cultural identity
culture
Educational anthropology
Extended family
identity
languaculture
Language acquisition
Language usage
Learning
Maori language
Maoris
Methodology
Māori
Native culture
Native education
Native languages
Social aspects
Well being
wellbeing
Worldview
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Summary:This paper presents understandings from indigenous Maori kaumatua (elders both male and female) and whanau (parents and extended family members) from Aotearoa New Zealand. These people live in a close-knit hapu (subtribe) community close to an ancestral meeting space known as their marae. Their marae continues to be essential in the promotion of Maori knowledge, language and ways of being. Kaumatua and whanau recall important cultural understandings and practices from this journey. From growing up largely in te ao Maori (the Maori world) they consider "languaculture", the inter-relationships between language, identity and culture, as foundational to their future "hope" for collective cultural strength and wellbeing. To renormalise the use of the language of their ancestors, we use many Maori words throughout. These words are italicised and translated the first time they are used.
ISSN:2049-7784
1326-0111
2049-7784
DOI:10.55146/ajie.v51i2.322