PSYCH 108 Maori terms

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Whakapapa

Genaeology, the interconnectedness of all things including people, ancestors, land, and the universe.

Whanaungatanga

A sense of purpose in building relationships and maintaining connections among people

Manaakitanga

A value reflected in the generosity and kindness that one shows for others and to all living things.

Tangata Tiriti

People of the Treaty, including all non-Maori citizens and all residents of Aotearoa.

Matauranga Maori

Knowledge of traditional Maori crafts and practices including worldview, creative practices, and Maori creativity.

Karakia

Incantation and ritual chants, say grace, recite prayer.

Korero Mai, Korero Atu

“Speak up, speak out”

Kaitiakitanga

Guardianship, stewardship, trusteeship. In psychology you are the guarding the lives and feelings of others. You are responsible for protecting them.

Tapu

Sacred, under the protection of atua (gods). Potential that exists within every human person, and is inherited at birth.

People still have a base level of tapu in mundane everyday contexts, and for someone to treat another disrespectfully is considered a whakanoa, an attempt to diminish their tapu.

Noa

The opposite state of being as tapu, ‘ordinariness’ which defines people as human beings. Here, this can occur through karakia, consuming food, to lift a behavioural restriction.

Mana

A supernatural force in a person, place or object.

Mauri

the “physical life principle”, that is the esscense which brings life to the physical whether that be human, flora, fauna, or marine life.

3 F’s of Maori identity

Fixed, forced, fluid:

Fixed — Ancestral aspects of identity, including whakapapa and blood ancestry. This is the foundational aspect of being Maori.

Forced — Identities constrained by social, historical, or external forces, including marginalization, colonization, and societal imposition (e.g., being identified by others or facing negative stereotypes).

Fluid — The identity which the individual has agency over, one’s own interpretation of their indigenous identity. It highlights that there is no one way of being Maori.

Traditional Maori beliefs and the culture of New Zealand.

Maori identity is constructed based on:

The Cartesian dualistic notion of self

A Western psychological notion that a person is a separate entity from others and the environment.

Turangawaewae

“Traditional place to stand/the right to stand”, the Maori notion of sense of self. Unlike Western models that often view the self as an isolated entity, it situates the self as inherently interconnected with environment, ancestors, and whānau.

Connections

Maori often draw on - to describe who they are.

Whanau

Family and extended family — an important value for Maori.

Sometimes the blood family is not a safe place for some Maori, and they may consider others as such.

Hapu

Subtribe (division of Maori people or a community), also means “pregnancy”