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Hirini Moko Mead

Auteur van The Art of Taaniko Weaving

22 Werken 251 Leden 4 Besprekingen

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(eng) Hirini and Sidney are Maori and English forms of the same name; Professor Mead uses both.

Werken van Hirini Moko Mead

The Art of Taaniko Weaving (1968) 58 exemplaren
Te Maori : Maori art from New Zealand collections (1984) — Auteur; Redacteur — 48 exemplaren
Mataatua Wharenui (2017) 3 exemplaren
Art & Artists of Oceania (1983) 1 exemplaar

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Mead, Hirini Moko
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Mead, Sidney Moko
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male
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New Zealand
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Professor
Ontwarringsbericht
Hirini and Sidney are Maori and English forms of the same name; Professor Mead uses both.

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This is a solid book utterly packed with content and ideas. I tried to just dive in and was overwhelmed. Once I decided to take it a chapter at a time I actually got through it a lot quicker. Each chapter covers one aspect of tikanga Māori, starting with underlying principles and the important concept of tapu, then ceremonial kaupapa like the marae, pōwhiri and tangihanga, as well as compensation, peace-making, and gift-giving, and so forth, and finally how new tikanga can be developed from basic principles in order to deal with new situations like genetic engineering etc. The author acknowledges that tikanga varies from rohe to rohe, as well as over time (tikanga described from the observations of early colonisers is in some cases very different to that practiced now) and at the end of each chapter includes a "Perspectives" section with extended quotes from a variety of sources for extra context and nuance.… (meer)
 
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Huaquera | Jun 24, 2019 |
(Review from memory) This was fantastic - shelved as children's/YA but the story-telling tone of if makes it accessible to adults too. All about the men who try to stop the man-eating taniwha, and the women who succeed. Highly enjoyed it.
 
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zeborah | Jun 5, 2013 |
Selected e-content from Google Books: https://goo.gl/QTPsS2

Review from Google Books:
This collection contains more than 2,500 pepeha, or “sayings of the ancestors,” that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, pepeha include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard every day on the marae and in the oral literature handed down from past generations. These expressions provide a rich source of vocabulary, using metaphor and an economy of words to show language that enriches the Maori of today.… (meer)
 
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COREEducation | Aug 20, 2015 |

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Werken
22
Leden
251
Populariteit
#91,086
Waardering
4.0
Besprekingen
4
ISBNs
36
Talen
1

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