Kuputaka : Glossary / Compiled by Richard Benton. Ngā Mihi : Acknowledgements -- Our Baskets of Knowledge : Introduction / Jacinta Ruru -- Mapi Whenua : Iwi Tribal Nations -- Mātauranga at the Interface : an interdisciplinary starter / Meihana Durie -- Built on the Backs of Our Ancestors : Anthropology / Marama Muru-Lanning -- Finding Tahu : Demography / Tahu Kukutai -- Curiosity and Connection : Ecology / Shaun Ogilvie -- Rangahau Ōhanga : Economics / Shaun Awatere -- He Taonga te Wareware : Mātauranga Māori and Education : Education / Joanna Kidman -- English by Name, English by Nature? : English / Alice Te Punga Somerville -- More Māui Please : Entreprenuership / Sacha McMeeking -- Wairaka: Challenging the status quo : Film Studies / Jani Wilson -- Ancestral Geographies: Finding my way home : Geography / Naomi Simmonds -- Being Māori, Being Pākehā: A journey of discovery in science, mātauranga and kaitiakitanga : Geology / Dan Hikuroa -- The value of Historical Mātauranga : History / Nēpia Mahuika -- 'Rāhui i roto' : Reading the signs on a journey into Māori law : Law / Māmari Stephens -- Wayfinding Odyssey into the Interspace : Management / Chellie Spiller -- The Science of Māori Astronomy: A journey into the stars : Māori astronomy / Rangi Matamua -- Rapua te Mea Ngaro : Māori Studies / Morehu McDonald -- Finding Place Within a Space : Medical Education / Suzanne Pitama -- Māori Philosophy: A love story : Philosophy / Krushil Watene -- Transformations at the Interface : Physics / Ocean Ripeka Mercier van Berkel -- E kore te waka e whakapakari i runga i te wai marino : A waka is not strengthened through calm waters : Physical Education / Anne-Marie Jackson -- Possible Worlds : Political Science / Maria Bargh -- Growing up in Psychology : Psychology / Linda Waimarie Nikora -- My Hīkoi to the Interface of Science and Mātauranga : Zoology / Jane Kitson -- Whāia kia tata : Concluding comments / Jacinta Ruru + Linda Waimarie Nikora -- About the artist / Heramaahina Eketone; profile by Jeanette Wikaira -- Kupu Āpiti : Notes + select bibliography -- Kuputaka : Glossary / Compiled by Richard Benton.
Summary:
"In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Maori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated disciplines of knowledge in the research sector. It is a shameful fact, says co-editor Jacinta Ruru in her introduction to Ngā Kete Mātauranga, that in 2020, only about 5 percent of academic staff at universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are Māori. Tertiary institutions have for the most part been hostile places for Indigenous students and staff, and this book is an important call for action. 'It is well past time that our country seriously commits to decolonising the tertiary workforce, curriculum and research agenda,' writes Professor Ruru"--Back cover.
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