Decolonizing conviviality and 'becoming ordinary

Cross-cultural face-to-face encounters in Aotearoa New Zealand

Bibliographic Data

ID2147118
AuthorsA Bell (0000-0003-0623-2630, University of Auckland, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume39
Issue7
Pages1170-1186
Publication date2016-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2015.1103883
OpenAlexW2173875900
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited24

This paper explores convivial culture in a settler society. The paper draws on interview data from ethnographic research exploring how Māori and Pākehā worked together on a building project in a rural community. Both Māori and Pākehā participants reported their pleasure in engagements with each other that centred on Māori tikanga (protocols). In these encounters, Māori 'difference' was the catalyst for the development of new, convivial relationships. The paper argues that such everyday conviviality contributes to the process of decolonizing Māori-Pākehā relations at the level of everyday life. Through decolonizing conviviality Pakehā 'become ordinary' in Māori cultural contexts, and are offered the opportunity to come to understand themselves as embedded in colonial relationalities. Crucial to the development of such conviviality is the opportunity for face-to-face, embodied encounters with Māori in contexts where Māori cultural difference matters

Aotearoa · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Everyday life · Face (sociological concept · Pleasure · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology

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