T. W. Pohatu 18 March 2011 Hui te ora, hui te mÄ rama Gatherings of wellbeing, gatherings of enlightenment
An ideal practice
Shannon Pakura 2005
Should my Caleb ever come to your attention, should you ever have a
professional role to play with him, should you be a social worker, or a lawyer or a coordinator or a judge—this is what you must do: • You must find his Nana; • You must find his aunts and uncles, cousins and friends; • You must find his hapu, iwi—even if he does not know them, they will know him; • You must make sure he is surrounded by those who love him and are connected to him; • You must not send him to strangers without our consent and involvement. • You must move heaven and earth to protect him, remembering he is mine not yours. This is your job. This is the professional role. This is the role of the state!!!
He Ara Tohu - A Methodology Selecting – te āta whakarite Reflecting – te āta-whakaaro, te hui, te wānanga
Naming – te whakaingoa
Defining – te whakatakoto
Applying – te whakamahi
Articulating – te paoho
Supporting – te tautoko
Explaining – te whakamārama Exampling – te whakatauira
The Never-‐Ending Struggle Te Hinengaro The Mind
Te Wairua The Soul
Te Ngakau The Heart
Te Whatumanawa
Competing for:
The Emotions
The Approach There is not just one ‘Truth’, one reality. Many interpretations. Many re/constructions. Many contexts & sites. The whakapapa/layering notion.
Questions of Power QUESTION PROCESS Where is the centre? Who holds the centre? What is at the centre?
Signposting Biculturalism Is about Social Justice Struggle Place and time
Recognises tension Requires mutual space to figure out
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‘What will your time be like, e moko?’
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‘How will you be in your time, e moko?’
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‘How real will our ways be for you in your time, e moko?’
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‘What can and must we do to ensure your future well-being, e moko?’
Positioning Â
‘Na ngā ringaringa tohunga maha koe i rautaka’
‘Kai te rongo au i ngā wai reka o Oraka’
‘I tipu ai tātau i ngā turi o o tātau
mātua tīpuna’
Why Worldviews? Purpose and reason for Being. Processes towards conscientisation. Engage thought, reflection, interest, excitement,
willingness
Leads to Dialogue, Discussion, Debate. Creates Reference Points. Creates Tensions. Creates Challenges. Encourages courage. Pursues enlightenment.
ORDER A guide to live life by. Ways to move forward. A plan with strategies of wellbeing. Notion of evolving through time. An understood response to challenge.
THINKING – WORLDVIEWS How groupings of people rationalise: Deepest thoughts; Key parameters; Purpose for Being; Reasoning, logic & explanations; Universal themes from local angles.
WORLDVIEW – CONVENTIONS Intentions Rules, standards Ways Ethics Why & how they are
created.
What Is Required? Functioning Patterns
of:
Courage Commitment Consistency Compassion Companionship Respectfulness Passion Integrity
Worldview Positionings Tū / Stance
Āhua Ways
Whakaaro Thinking
Tā Te Māori Mōhio Understandings
Titiro / View Kōrero Articulates
Kaitiakitanga Positionings Te Tiaki To take care of
Te Pupuri To hold
Te Tohutohu To correct
Te Tautoko To support
Te Arataki To guide
Te Tuku To transmit
HAI KAPINGA
Constructions of Order. Created from Cultural Thinking. Represented through its Language. Located in its Structures and systems. Locating of Conventions & rationales. How and why these:
Validate; Regulate; Create; Sustain.
Hei Whakaarotanga ‘Ko tāku ki ā koe, hangaia, houtia
ōku nei whakaaro, kia hāngai ki tōhau na kaupapa’
‘Mine to you is, recreate and rewrite
my ideas and thoughts to your purpose.
P. Freire 1998