Pocock, J. G. A. 2001. “The Uniqueness of Aotearoa.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 145, No. 4, pp. 482-487. Philadelphia, United States: American Philosophical Society. Abstract： The subject of my paper is a country of three million or so inhabitants in the Southwest Pacific, a region that…
Reedy, Tamati. 2000. “Te Reo Māori: The Past 20 Years and Looking Forward.” Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 157-169. Honolulu, United States: University of Hawai’i Press. Abstract： This paper outlines the current population situation of Māori in Aotearoa / New Zealand as a backdrop to the developments of the Māori language…
McCORMACK, Fiona. 2011. “Levels of indigeneity: the Maori and neoliberalism.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 281-300. London, United Kingdom: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Abstract： Indigeneity is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and for analytical purposes three different levels of practice may be identified: global, national,…
Hornberger, Nancy H. 1998. “Language Policy, Language Education, Language Rights: Indigenous, Immigrant, and International Perspectives.” Language in Society, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 439-458. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press. Abstract： Indigenous languages are under siege, not only in the US but around the world — in danger of disappearing because they are…
Haig-Brown, Celia. 2010. “Indigenous Thought, Appropriation, and Non-Aboriginal People.” Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l’éducation, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 925-950. Saskatchewan, Canada: Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Abstract： In this article, I explore the question, “What is the relationship between appropriation of Indigenous thought and what might…
Clark, Geoffrey. 2011. “Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand.” Pacific Island Heritage: Archaeology, Identity & Community, pp. 5-16. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU). Abstract： During the 1990s, New Zealand / Aotearoa experienced tumultuous debate over indigenous land rights, and the use of Māori culture and language, debate which…
Danica Čerče, Danica, and Oliver Haag. 2013. “European Translations of Australian Aboriginal Texts.” A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature, pp. 71-88. Suffolk, United Kingdom: Boydell & Brewer. Abstract： Since the late 1970s, books authored or coauthored by Australian Aboriginals have been translated into well over seventeen different languages, with continental Europe being the…
Walworth, Mary. 2014. “Eastern Polynesian: The Linguistic Evidence Revisited.” Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 256-272. Honolulu, United States: University of Hawai’i Press. Abstract： For the past fifty years, historical linguistics and archaeology have provided seemingly mutually corroboratory evidence for the settlement of east Polynesia. However, more recent findings in archaeology have shifted…
Smith, Anita, and Cate Turk. 2013. “Customary systems of management and World Heritage in the Pacific Islands.” Transcending the Culture–Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia–Pacific region, pp. 23-34. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU). Abstract： In recent decades local communities have been increasingly engaged in protecting heritage sites through the…
Norton, Robert. 1993. “Culture and Identity in the South Pacific: A Comparative Analysis.” New Series, Vol. 28, No. 4 , pp. 741-759. London, United Kingdom: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Abstract： A central theme in anthropological writings on contemporary Pacific island societies concerns processes of cultural construction of group…