Te Hau Mihi Ata

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Te Hau Mihi Ata

• Mauri Holders Hui
• 24 September 2008

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Key components of the first wananga

• Group dynamics
• Wananga re/structure and participant responses
• Identity
• Learned vs Lived experiences

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Group dynamics

• Two distinct knowledge groups matauranga Maori
  and science
• All Maori
• Interpersonal dynamics
• Intragroup dynamics
• Gender dynamics
• Age dynamics
• Knowledge dynamics

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Wananga re/structure and participant responses

• Organised vs Disorganised Perceptions of
• Peoples ability to adapt to changes in the
  programme how does this reflect in their
  ability to accept or acknowledge alternative
  knowledge systems?
• Peoples un/willingness to be shepherded, told
  what to do and who to do it with!

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Identity

• What do I as an individual bring to this wananga?
• From whose knowledge system am I positioned?
• How do I or can I interact with people from
  within my knowledge system and from the other
  knowledge system?
• How much of my training influences or has
  influenced how I am expressing myself?
• How does my lack of/ability to speak te reo
  and/or understand Maori cultural practices limit
  or enhance my participation?

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Learned vs Lived experiences

• How much are we influenced by our upbringing in
  the process of engaging in dialogue?
• To what extent do we defer to our training
  (academic or professional) when engaging in
  dialogue?
• Is one more important than the other in the
  science/matauranga Maori dichotomy?