AlterNative Volume 7, No 1

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Published by: 
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Volume: 
7
Issue: 
1
Frequency: 
1 volume / 4 issues per year
Publication Year: 
2011
Print ISSN: 
1177-1801
Online ISSN: 
1174-1740
In this Issue:
Article

Story as Research Methodology

Author: 
Devi Dee Mucina

Ubuntu storytelling is about engaging our relational selves. This is why my people the Ngoni say, “The story of one cannot be told without unfolding the story of many.” This means that the diverse and sometimes contradictory analysis of the same story is welcomed as long as it is exercised responsibly.

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Article

Analysis of the Australian and Canadian governments' aboriginal policies

Author: 
Yega Muthu
Author: 
Gregor Grzeszczyk

The Australian and Canadian Aboriginal communities are strikingly similar vis-à-vis traditional lifestyles, social structures and histories of victimization during colonization (Morrisette, McKenzie, & Morrisette, 2010).

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Article

Māori health promotion

Author: 
Amohia Boulton, Heather Gifford, Anne Kauika, Kiri Parata

Aim: This article presents results from an evaluation of a Māori obesit

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Article

Epistemological pluralism

Author: 
Vanessa Andreotti
Author: 
Cash Ahenakew
Author: 
Garrick Cooper

This paper offers a brief analysis of aspects related to the signifi cance and the complexities of introducing “different” epistemologies in higher education teaching and learning. We start by introducing the metaphors of abyssal thinking, epistemic blindness and ecologies of knowledge in the work of Boaventura de Souza Santos.

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Article

Reading news about Māori

Author: 
Amanda Gregory, Belinda Borell, Tim McCreanor, Angela Moewaka Barnes, Ray Nairn, Jenny Rankine, Sue Abel, Ken Taiapa, Hector Kaiwai

The media has the potential to undermine wellbeing and opportunities for Treaty-based social

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Article

Situation report

Author: 
Hacky Kx'ami Gao

Ju/’hoansi kokxui o dhari-a kaice n/a’ng te koh kokxui ka /’ae te /oa /ore ka /’ae, te //a’ke /ore ka /’ae, te cete tzin te ku kxui-a u ka /’ae. Ka //a’ke ku doq’m ka /’ae, khama ju te //a’ike !xoana doq’ma khoe, kota ≠abace du !kom. Ka kokxui /’ae-asi xabe g/ae //hai tih ko barahsa ke he g/ae.

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Book Review

The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to today

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Author: 
Vincent O'Malley, Bruce Stirling, Wally Penetito (eds.)
Author: 
Reviewed by Carwyn Jones
Published: 
2011

Since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by Māori chiefs and Governor Hobson in 1840 it has become the defining document in New Zealand history.

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Book Review

Indigenous children’s education as linguistic genocide and a crime against humanity? A global view.

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Author: 
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Dunbar
Author: 
Reviewed by Michelle M. Jacob
Published: 
2010

Skutnabb-Kangas, T., & Dunbar, R. (2010). Indigenous children’s education as linguistic genocide and a crime against humanity? A global view. Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, Norway: Gáldu-Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 126 p. ISBN: 978-82-8144-049-4.

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