Maori Oral Tradition

Author : Nepia Mahuika
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190681685

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Rethinking Oral History and Tradition by Nepia Mahuika Pdf

"For many indigenous peoples, oral history is a living intergenerational phenomenon that is crucial to the transmission of our languages, cultural knowledge, politics, and identities. Indigenous oral histories are not merely traditions, myths, chants or superstitions, but are valid historical accounts passed on vocally in various forms, forums, and practices. Rethinking Oral History and Tradition: An Indigenous Perspective provides a specific native and tribal account of the meaning, form, politics and practice of oral history. It is a rethinking and critique of the popular and powerful ideas that now populate and define the fields of oral history and tradition, which have in the process displaced indigenous perspectives. This book, drawing on indigenous voices, explores the overlaps and differences between the studies of oral history and oral tradition, and urges scholars in both disciplines to revisit the way their fields think about orality, oral history methods, transmission, narrative, power, ethics, oral history theories and politics. Indigenous knowledge and experience holds important contributions that have the potential to expand and develop robust academic thinking in the study of both oral history and tradition.--

Author : Jane McRae
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775589082

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Maori Oral Tradition by Jane McRae Pdf

Maori oral tradition is the rich, poetic record of the past handed down by voice over generations through whakapapa, whakatauki, korero and waiata. In genealogies and sayings, histories, stories and songs, Maori tell of ‘te ao tawhito' or the old world: the gods, the migration of the Polynesian ancestors from Hawaiki and life here in Aotearoa. A voice from the past, today this remarkable record underpins the speeches, songs and prayers performed on marae and the teaching of tribal genealogies and histories. Indeed, the oral tradition underpins Maori culture itself. This book introduces readers to the distinctive oral style and language of the traditional compositions, acknowledges the skills of the composers of old and explores the meaning of their striking imagery and figurative language. And it shows how nga korero tuku iho – the inherited words – can be a deep well of knowledge about the way of life, wisdom and thinking of the Maori ancestors.

Author : Nepia Mahuika
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190681708

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Rethinking Oral History and Tradition by Nepia Mahuika Pdf

Indigenous peoples have our own ways of defining oral history. For many, oral sources are shaped and disseminated in multiple forms that are more culturally textured than just standard interview recordings. For others, indigenous oral histories are not merely fanciful or puerile myths or traditions, but are viable and valid historical accounts that are crucial to native identities and the relationships between individual and collective narratives. This book challenges popular definitions of oral history that have displaced and confined indigenous oral accounts as merely oral tradition. It stands alongside other marginalized community voices that highlight the importance of feminist, Black, and gay oral history perspectives, and is the first text dedicated to a specific indigenous articulation of the field. Drawing on a Maori indigenous case study set in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book advocates a rethinking of the discipline, encouraging a broader conception of the way we do oral history, how we might define its form, and how its politics might move beyond a subsuming democratization to include nuanced decolonial possibilities.

Author : Ruth H. Finnegan,Margaret Orbell
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253328683

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South Pacific Oral Traditions by Ruth H. Finnegan,Margaret Orbell Pdf

Exploring the oral traditions of the South Pacific, this work demonstrates that oral media and native cultural forms are vital throughout the South Pacific. It appeals to scholars concerned with the relationships between verbal art, social change, gender, power, and social organization.

Author : Agathe Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Folk literature, Maori
ISBN : OCLC:152429637

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Maori Oral Literature as Seen by a Classicist by Agathe Thornton Pdf

Author : W. Dittmer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547037378

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Te Tohunga: The ancient legends and traditions of the Maoris by W. Dittmer Pdf

This work is an excellent introduction to the history of Maori and their myths and legends. It contains some of the best-drawn art inspired by Maori legend and tradition, and the illustrations are so impactful that they stay with you forever. Te Tohunga in Maori means a talented practitioner of any craft or art, religious or otherwise. Hamburg-born artist, Wilhelm Dittmer, has described the art with great detail and precision. The language remains easy to comprehend throughout the book. He includes descriptions of famous Maori art pieces titled: Tiki—the Ancestor of Mankind; The Creation of Hawaiki; The Battle of the Giants; The Death of Maui; The Fight of Night and Day, and many more. Maori Art is a traditional New Zealand art that consists of the art of the Maori people, who initially settled the island between 1250–1300 CE. Maori graphic art comprises mainly of four forms: carving, tattooing, weaving, and painting. Traditional Maori art was favorably spiritual and told details about their ancestry and other culturally essential topics. The dominant colors in the art were black, white, and red dominated.

Author : Te Maire Tau
Publisher : Otago University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058792386

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The Oral Traditions of Ngāi Tahu by Te Maire Tau Pdf

The dominant tribal group of southern New Zealand is Ngai Tahu. This book sets out to examine the nature and forms of Ngai Tahu oral traditions and to identify methodologies for analysing and interpreting them. Illustrated with historical photographs, this major study will appeal to anyone interested in oral traditions or reading around the idea of history.

Author : Penelope Griffith,Penny Griffith,Peter Hughes,Alan Loney
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1869402316

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A Book in the Hand by Penelope Griffith,Penny Griffith,Peter Hughes,Alan Loney Pdf

As we find ourselves in a technological revolution and the computer screen takes over the printed page, the history of the book has become a subject of study throughout the world. This collection of 15 essays looks at at a wide variety of topics from the history of the printed word in New Zealand.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN : 0473101009

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Māori and Oral History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas Ross Harvey,K. I. D. Maslen,Penny Griffith
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0864733313

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Book & Print in New Zealand by Douglas Ross Harvey,K. I. D. Maslen,Penny Griffith Pdf

A guide to print culture in Aotearoa, the impact of the book and other forms of print on New Zealand. This collection of essays by many contributors looks at the effect of print on Maori and their oral traditions, printing, publishing, bookselling, libraries, buying and collecting, readers and reading, awards, and the print culture of many other language groups in New Zealand.

Author : Atholl Anderson,Judith Binney,Aroha Harris
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780908321544

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Tangata Whenua by Atholl Anderson,Judith Binney,Aroha Harris Pdf

Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Māori past from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format. The authoritative text is drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History; the full text of the big hardback is available in a reader-friendly edition, ideal for students and for bedtime reading, and a perfect gift for those whose budgets do not stretch to the illustrated edition. Maps and diagrams complement the text, along with a full set of references and the important statistical appendix. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History was published to widespread acclaim in late 2014. This magnificent history has featured regularly in the award lists: winner of the 2015 Royal Society Science Book Prize, shortlisted for the international Ernest Scott Prize, winner of the Te Kōrero o Mua (History) Award at the Ngā Kupu ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards, and Gold in the Pride in Print Awards. The importance of this history to New Zealand cannot be overstated. Māori leaders emphatically endorsed the book, as have reviewers and younger commentators. They speak of the way Tangata Whenua draws together different strands of knowledge – from historical research through archaeology and science to oral tradition. They remark on the contribution this book makes to evolving knowledge, describing it as ‘a canvas to paint the future on’. And many comment on the contribution it makes to the growth of understanding between the people of this country.

Author : Donald Francis McKenzie
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0864730438

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Oral Culture, Literacy & Print in Early New Zealand by Donald Francis McKenzie Pdf

Author : M. P. K. Sorrenson
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775581192

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Maori Origins and Migrations by M. P. K. Sorrenson Pdf

Since Europeans first set foot in New Zealand they have speculated about where the M&āori people came from, how they made their way to New Zealand and how they lived when they arrived here. Theories have abounded: some of them have hardened into accepted truth. The result has been an accumulation of Pakeha myths about M&āori origins. The process of this mythmaking is the subject of Sorrenson's book: 'It is not an attempt to find an original or even a Pacific homeland for the M&āori. I leave that task to the many others who are happily engaged on it.' But as a study of the development of ideas, this book is both fascinating and salutary.

Author : Warren Pohatu
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0143503332

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Traditional Māori Legends by Warren Pohatu Pdf

Nga Tai Korero means 'the currents of speech', a reference to the Maori tradition of oral storytelling. In this colourful book, Warren Pohatu retells in simple form fourteen Maori stories and myths that have been passed down over centuries - including old favourites like 'Maui and the Fish', 'Paikea and the Whale', 'Tutanekai and Hinemoa', 'Ngatoroirangi', 'Rona and the Moon', and 'Maui and the Sun'. All the stories are accompanied by Pohatu's vivid double-page illustrations.

Author : Atholl Anderson
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780947492809

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The First Migration by Atholl Anderson Pdf

Thousands of years ago migrants from South China began the journey that took their descendants through the Pacific to the southernmost islands of Polynesia. Atholl Anderson’s ground-breaking synthesis of research and tradition charts this epic journey of New Zealand’s first human inhabitants. Taken from the multi-award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History this Text weaves together evidence from numerous sources: oral traditions, archaeology, genetics, linguistics, ethnography, historical observations, palaeoecology, climate change and more. The result is to people the ancient past: to offer readers a sense of the lives of Māori ancestors as they voyaged through centuries toward the South Pacific.