Māori Urban Geographies of Whakamanatanga: Empowered Māori Urbanism, Space/Place-Based Social Movements and Practices of Everyday Life in Auckland, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.advisorMurton, Brian
dc.contributor.authorMarek, Serge A.
dc.contributor.departmentGeography and Environment
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T21:12:04Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T21:12:04Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.description.abstractThis PhD dissertation focuses on ways in which Māori have embraced the city as a place of opportunity and have developed uniquely Māori urbanisms that are based in whakamanatanga (empowerment) rather than crisis or resistance. These whakamanatanga-based Māori urbanisms are connected to what I refer to as Māori urban geographies of whakamanatanga. These geographies are characterized by Māori, living and working in Aotearoa New Zealand cities, who are creating urban geographies that foster, maintain and reproduce positive Māori urban identities and ways of life. These geographies are framed within a theoretical approach that views both space and place as interdependent concepts. I argue that the development of space and place has reached a critical moment whereby these two concepts can no longer be viewed as separate in any theoretically meaningful way. Instead, I propose a space/place conceptual framework that treats space/place as mutually constitutive. I further argue that the insertion of indigenous perspectives into this space/place framework is necessary when applying this theory to research involving indigenous related issues. This framework is then applied to the development of Māori urbanisms in Aotearoa New Zealand. These urbanisms are, it is argued, a product of both the challenges and opportunities cities have afforded Māori. Their responses to these urban challenges/opportunities have lead to multiple ways in which Māori, individually and in groups, have responded to life in cities. The main focus of this research is forms of Māori urbanisms grounded in whakamanatanga, and in particular the geographic manifestations of these urbanisms. The final chapters of this dissertation draw on empirical research undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand over the course of six months in 2007 and 2008. This research shows how Māori, across a broad range of professions and in one specific place, are creating historically, socially and materially these urban geographies of whakamanatanga in the context of everyday life. A more specific focus on a place called Mana Moko-Te Karanga (Kfm) demonstrates how these geographies are simultaneously locally informed and globally connected. Kfm also demonstrates one possible socio-geographic formation whereby Māori can engage forces of globalization without cultural compromise.
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.format.extentxvii, 510 pages
dc.identifier.isbn9781124552996
dc.identifier.isbn1124552995
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/101924
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Geography.
dc.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
dc.subjectMāori (New Zealand people)
dc.subjectSocial movements
dc.subjectRural-urban migration
dc.titleMāori Urban Geographies of Whakamanatanga: Empowered Māori Urbanism, Space/Place-Based Social Movements and Practices of Everyday Life in Auckland, New Zealand
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.spatialNew Zealand--Auckland
local.identifier.callnumberIN CATALOGING AC1 .H3 no.xxxx
local.identifier.voyagerid3375279
local.thesis.degreelevelPhD

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