{"id":749,"date":"2021-07-19T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2022-07-11T19:55:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:55:25","slug":"237-131-independent-study-session-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?page_id=749","title":{"rendered":"237.131 Independent Study Week #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1: Mana Atua and Knowledge Systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task 1 (5 minutes)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">REFLECT: Take 5 minutes to record anything that was new or familiar to you from this weeks class. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflections on the first classroom session:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Similar approach to 237.130, and I think it&#8217;s good that this module builds on that.<\/li><li>Interesting to see the subtly different approach to running the class from the tutors, although it&#8217;s only the ice-breaking week.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task 2 (1 hour)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">RE-WATCH: When developing your writing for assignments you will often engage with a source more than once, re-watch Project M\u0101tauranga, Season 2, Episode 8.\n\nWRITE, DRAW or SKETCH: the main points you took from the episode.  Also take note of any questions that it might raise, and bring these to class next week.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>I rewatched the video, and also came across a helpful transcript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencelearn.org.nz\/videos\/563-tatai-arorangi\">https:\/\/www.sciencelearn.org.nz\/videos\/563-tatai-arorangi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main points from the video<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Origin stories vary from Iwi to Iwi, so need to take care and not make sweeping statements like, \u201cM\u0101ori believe \u2026\u201d<\/li><li>How were M\u0101ori astronomy stories translated by P\u0101keh\u0101 into mainstream concepts?<\/li><li>How do the researchers identify original sources for areas like this, given that most of the history is lost oral history, and the source materials now being used are writings by colonists?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A lot of our old knowledge was written down by our philosophers from around about the late 1800s, and they\u2019re really valuable resources because these are as close as we\u2019re going to get to what we used to think in precolonial times. So, I mean, that\u2019s really exciting, that raw information.<\/p><cite><em>T\u0101tai Arorangi<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>www.sciencelearn.org.nz<\/em>, https:\/\/www.sciencelearn.org.nz\/videos\/563-tatai-arorangi. Accessed 20 July 2021.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What constitutes \u201craw information\u201d?<\/li><li>Interesting: mainstream versus indigenous as comparative terms.<\/li><li>Is science not indigenous to India, England, France, wherever?<\/li><li>Not all M\u0101ori knowledge is for everyone \u2013 need to re-read the 237.130 article.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions to take to class<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In this context, what constitutes &#8220;raw information&#8221;, given that much of the knowledge has been lost and is being, essentially, reconstructed from second order sources such as colonial era writing?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task 3 (2 hours)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">RE-READ: M\u0101ori Marsden (Ng\u0101i Takoto, Te Rarawa) offers a tangata whenua perspective on sustainability and resource management, through the framework of kaitiakitanga. Re-read Kaitiakitanga: A Definitive Introduction to the Holistic Worldview of M\u0101ori (which you will already be familiar with from 130 in semester 1).\n\nSUMMARISE\/BULLET POINT: the key ideas of the text, and write one finished paragraph (approx. 100-150 words) outlining one of the key ideas, use one quote from the text to support your discussion and practice including a citation. This provides the last name of the person who wrote the text, and the page number the information was on, so a citation for this text might be (Marsden 23).\n\nREAD: This short excerpt by Cleve Barlow (Ng\u0101 Puhi) on Kaitiaki and revise your paragraph to expand on your initial response, again include a short quote and citation.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key ideas of the text<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) makes it mandatory for anyone acting under it&#8217;s auspices to consider M\u0101ori cultural values.<\/li><li>Despite that, there are still concerns amongst M\u0101ori that local authorities may not do that.<\/li><li>The paper seeks to clarify that cultural values are cannot be dismissed as myth or legend; they are instead artificial constructs created to make it easier for people to understand the M\u0101ori world view.<\/li><li>I would describe this as a form of encoding &#8211; using narrative forms as a way of persisting information through generations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230; storytelling forges connections among people, and between people and ideas. Stories convey the culture, history, and values that unite people. When it comes to our countries, our communities, and our families, we understand intuitively that the stories we hold in common are an important part of the ties that bind.<\/p><cite>December 20, Vanessa Boris |., and 2017 Vanessa Boris. \u2018What Makes Storytelling So Effective For Learning?\u2019&nbsp;<em>Harvard Business Publishing<\/em>, 20 Dec. 2017, https:\/\/www.harvardbusiness.org\/what-makes-storytelling-so-effective-for-learning\/.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One item of interest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Modern man has summarily dismissed these so called myths and legends as the superstitious and quaint imaginings of primitive, pre-literate societies. That assumption could not be further from the truth. Myth and Legend in the M\u0101ori context are neither fables embodying primitive faith in the supernatural, nor marvellous fireside stories of ancient times. They were deliberate constructs employed by the ancient seers and sages to encapsulate and condense into easily assimilable forms their view of the World, of ultimate reality between the Creator, the universe and man.<\/p><cite>Marsden, M., Henare, T., &amp; New Zealand. Ministry for the Environment. (1992). Kaitiakitanga : A definitive introduction to the holistic world view of the Ma\u0304ori \/ M. Marsden &amp; T.A. Henare. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry for the Environment.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>My feeling is that treating traditional M\u0101ori and mainstream ways of encoding complex information as a Zero-sum game<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_749_1('footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_749_1('footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_749_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/z\/zero-sumgame.asp<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_749_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> is not an inclusive approach. The two systems have validity in an of themselves, and it may well be that when used to complement each other they result in an outcome that&#8217;s better than using one in preference to the other. It&#8217;s interesting that science does use narratives to communicate complex theories to nonexpert audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In summary, storytelling within science should not be disregarded. \u201cThe plural of anecdote is not data,\u201d remains an important mantra to uphold the rigor of systematic data collection. However, when considering the communication of science to nonexpert audiences, a more appropriate mantra might be, \u201cthe plural of anecdote is engaging science communication.\u201d<\/p><cite>Dahlstrom, Michael F. \u2018Using Narratives and Storytelling to Communicate Science with Nonexpert Audiences\u2019.&nbsp;<em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>, vol. 111, no. Supplement 4, Sept. 2014, pp. 13614\u201320.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revision, after reading Cleve Barlow on Kaitiaki.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To expand on the above, in a New Zealand context in particular, it&#8217;s appropriate to reflect on science and how it is communicated. We should cherish the uniqueness of New Zealand and create narratives that that engage and resonate with our people. Perhaps there is an opportunity right now with COVID-19 vaccination. Immunization comes from science, and that will be off-putting and worrying to some people. Perhaps we should acknowledge the role that narratives founded on traditional M\u0101ori cultural concepts can have in alleviating those concerns. Similar approaches are already being tried in mental wellbeing<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_749_1('footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_749_1('footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_749_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/teahikaa\/audio\/2018701802\/mahi-a-atua-a-maori-approach-to-mental-wellbeing<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_749_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task 4 (2 hours)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">READ ONE of the following:\n\neither: the Introduction to the Oxford Illustrated History of Science by Iwan Rhys Morus (Wales). This chapter points out that even though science is often presented as 'objective', or contrasted to 'cultural beliefs' (i.e. religion, myth, legend, etc.) it is equally shaped by the time and culture that it operates within. Make a map of the points from the chapter, elaborating on these where appropriate.\n\nor: Project M\u0101tauranga is presented in a comparative, documentary-style format. Creative practices sometimes require different kinds of writing approaches, for example; Tina Makereti's (Te \u0100ti Awa) \"Twitch\" uses a literary style narrative to compare a m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori approach to the creation of the universe, with western scientific theories. Read Twitch and produce a piece of creative-writing (either prose or poetry) about your understanding of your own cultural framework regarding some aspect of cosmology and\/or science, and your relationship to it.\n\nExtension: This is an extra task if you are enjoying the topic and want to do more. Find an example or case study, such as pollution in freshwater streams and rivers, or the recent imaging of a black-hole. Reflect on the purpose of tikanga and\/or science (i.e. what does it do\/ how does it do it)? How does it affect the way we currently see the issue or example?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stream.massey.ac.nz\/pluginfile.php\/4026764\/mod_label\/intro\/Iwan%20Rhys%20Morus%20-%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Oxford%20Illustrated%20History%20of%20Science.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to the Oxford Illustrated History of Science<\/a>&nbsp;by Iwan Rhys Morus (Wales).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t really like mind maps, but whatever &#8211; MindMeister allows you to have three for free&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"mindmeister-presentation mindmeister-presentation-id-1966023472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mindmeister.com\/maps\/public_map_shell\/1966023472?width=600&height=400&zoom=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task 5 (1 hour) Self-directed study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION: READ the assignment brief (you will find this under Assessment Information and Drop-boxes in the left hand column). Make a mind-map of what you already understand about the terms tikanga, tatau, te reo, doctrine of discovery, t\u0101tai arorangi, whenua, colonisation\/banal nationalism using this week's resources where applicable.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meanings for the following terms, and connections between them:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>tikangatatau<\/li><li>te reo<\/li><li>doctrine of discovery<\/li><li>t\u0101tai arorangi<\/li><li>whenua<\/li><li>colonisation\/banal nationalism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"mindmeister-presentation mindmeister-presentation-id-1965041184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mindmeister.com\/maps\/public_map_shell\/1965041184?width=600&height=400&zoom=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What might I want the assignment to look like?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Tell a story?<br>Paint a picture?<br>Something that shows the sequence in which constellations rise, as an aid to navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would be good to paint something this time around, so that I can keep up my practice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_749_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_749_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_749_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_749_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_749_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/z\/zero-sumgame.asp<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_749_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_749_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_749_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/teahikaa\/audio\/2018701802\/mahi-a-atua-a-maori-approach-to-mental-wellbeing<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_749_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_749_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_749_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_749_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_749_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_749_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_749_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_749_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_749_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_749_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_749_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_749_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_749_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_749_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 1: Mana Atua and Knowledge Systems Task 1 (5 minutes) REFLECT: Take 5 minutes to record anything that was new or familiar to you from this weeks class. 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