A brief history of Whakapapa: Māori approaches to genealogy

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A brief history of Whakapapa: Māori approaches to genealogy

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Whakapapa is the Māori term for genealogy. It has been described by some as the skeletal structure of Maori epistemology because all things have their own genealogies. In research, whakapapa has been presented in tribal histories, Maori Land Court records, and consistently as a framework for matauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and Māori research methodologies. This essay offers a brief overview of the ways in which whakapapa has been understood and negotiated in research particularly after the...

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2019

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Mahuika, Nepia

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13067

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whakapapa / indigenous history / research ethics / genealogical method / decolonisation

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