Understanding languaculture from an indigenous Māori worldview

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ID18979619
AuthorsMere Berryman (0000-0002-5337-4706, University of Waikato, corresponding author), Lesley Kay Rameka (0000-0001-9507-3816, University of Waikato), Lesley Rameka, Tracey Mauria Togo (University of Waikato), Tracey Togo
Year2022
Volume51
Issue2
Publication date2022-12-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1326-0111 • E-ISSN: 2049-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.55146/ajie.v51i2.322
OpenAlexW4311455290
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This paper presents understandings from indigenous Māori kaumātua (elders both male and female) and whānau (parents and extended family members) from Aotearoa New Zealand. These people live in a close-knit hapū (subtribe) community close to an ancestral meeting space known as their marae. Their marae continues to be essential in the promotion of Māori knowledge, language and ways of being. Kaumātua and whānau recall important cultural understandings and practices from this journey. From growing up largely in te ao Māori (the Māori 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 Māori words throughout. These words are italicised and translated the first time they are used

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