He Iti te Manu He Nui te Kōrero - The Bird is Small - The Story is Epic

Pouwhare, Robert Marunui Iki

He Iti te Manu He Nui te Kōrero - The Bird is Small - The Story is Epic

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dc.contributor.advisor	Ings, Welby
dc.contributor.advisor	Henry, Ella
dc.contributor.advisor	McNeill, Hinematau
dc.contributor.author	Pouwhare, Robert Marunui Iki
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-11T00:24:23Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-11T00:24:23Z
dc.date.copyright	2016
dc.date.created	2016
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.updated	2016-05-09T00:02:43Z
dc.description.abstract	This thesis* explores storytelling as cultural expression, and creatively considers the concept of bowdlerisation, and its role in sanitising Māori stories, as an aspect of colonisation. It is formatted as a creative output and a written exegesis. The creative component comprises a film, based on an ancient story of Māui and his quest for immortality that was foiled by the Tīrairaka (fantail). The thesis is contextualised by an early iteration of the work that was produced for a children’s production by the researcher in 2006. This was aired on Māori Television as part of its Māori language revitalisation strategy. The filmic work, He iti te manu he nui te korero, involves a renegotiation of the original animation and its underlying narrative, so that a deeper understanding of ancient knowledge and its cultural paradigm, may be accessible. Methodologically, this renegotiated text was refined through a process of reflection on practice and feedback. In the retelling of this story, the narrative is sourced from the oral traditions of the researcher; specifically the way his kaumātua once transmitted stories and knowledge. Thus, He iti te manu he nui te kōrero is informed by their epistemological and ontological frameworks that have arguably not been bowdlerised by the colonial experience. The practice-led thesis has three objectives. First, it utilises the potentials of digital technology to design and assemble a Māori-language teaching resource. Second, it considers and creatively responds to the concept of cultural narrative bowdlerisation. Finally, He iti te manu he nui te kōrero operates as the first phase of a more expansive, multitiered project that will form the creative core of the candidate’s practice-led PhD. * The thesis is divided into two parts. The first is a body of practice called He iti te manu he nui te kōrero. The second is an exegesis that contextualises the practice.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/9776
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Māori storytelling	en_NZ
dc.subject	Cultural expression	en_NZ
dc.subject	Bowdlerisation	en_NZ
dc.subject	Language revitalisation	en_NZ
dc.subject	Practice-led research	en_NZ
dc.subject	Digital technology	en_NZ
dc.title	He Iti te Manu He Nui te Kōrero - The Bird is Small - The Story is Epic	en_NZ
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.level	Masters Theses
thesis.degree.name	Master of Philosophy	en_NZ