Maori Deaf Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15044172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsten Smiler (0000-0001-9563-680X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-125 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sites a journal of social anthropology and cultural studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0112-5990 • E-ISSN: 1179-0237 |
| Publisher | University of Otago Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11157/sites-vol3iss1id43 |
| OpenAlex | W2004425286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper outlines some of the research findings of my MA Thesis, which is entitled 'Maori Deaf: Perceptions of cultural and linguistic identity of Maori members of the New Zealand Deaf community'. I asked research participants to describe the nature of their life experiences within Maori and Deaf worlds. These narratives unveiled some of the typical issues facing Maori Deaf within their day-to-day life, upbringing, language development, relationships and identification with these two worlds. Although a part of Te Ao Maori and the Deaf World, participants described feelings of being ‘on the fringes’, which they attributed to minimal cross-cultural and linguistic understanding between people from the respective worlds. Some responded to this by creating a cultural and linguistic space that was uniquely Maori Deaf. I describe some of these cross-cultural misunderstandings and introduce a model to help with understanding how participants articulated their identity as multifaceted and responsive
Aesthetics · Art · Cultural identity · Deaf community · Feeling · Identification (biology) · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Narrative · Perception · Sign language · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Gender Studies · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |