25-26 Cultural Psych IV+V

Question 1

Maori _____ to NZ culture, but ….

Answer 1

Maori ACCOMODATE to NZ culture, but maintain a PARALLEL reality within the Maori world

Question 2

While Descarte emphasises the “_______”

Maori emphasise…

Answer 2

Descarte emphasise the “INNER experience”

Maori emphasise connections to the OUTER world (eg. LAND)

Question 3

Define Matauranga

Answer 3

KNOWLEDGE, wisdom, stories

Question 4

Define Tikanga

Answer 4

Correct PROCEDURE, customs, practices

Question 5

Define Tapu

Answer 5

Sacredness, restrictions = an INHERITED spiritual attributes

Question 6

Define Mana

Answer 6

Power, authority, sense of belonging

Question 7

Define Whanaungatanga

Answer 7

FAMILY connection, bound by AROHA

Question 8

What was a direct consequence of Colonisation

Answer 8

95% land disposession
= lose connection to land/ancestors
= lose food+resources

Question 9

Explain government NEGLECT of Maori health

Answer 9

• Treat focus on Maori as “Special treatment”
• Maori treated as a DYING race
• Considered INFERIOR, must assimilate to SURVIVE

Question 10

2 ways in which Maori can RESIST colonisation

Answer 10

• Learning Tikanga Maori

* Political ACTIVISM

Question 11

Give an example of learning Tikanga Maori

Answer 11

Tiakina te pa harakeke
=deconstructing ASSUMTIONS about Maori child-rearing
=connections between NEG STATS and colonisation