Looks at Indigenous knowledge and reproduction in a New Zealand setting using purakau (narrative) methodology. Includes connections between humans, spiritual domains and environment.
Neoliberalism and Indigenous Knowledge: Maori Health Research and the Cultural Politics of New Zealand's "National Science Challenges"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Prussing
Elizabeth Newbury
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 150, 2016, pp. 57-66
Description
Discusses an initiative to restructure national scientific research funding and the way it was critiqued by Maori researchers for its failure to include their input or perspectives. Study looked at documents produced by the government ministry responsible for the policy, media coverage and blogs, and conducted interviews with 17 Māori researchers.
Discusses risk factors for suicide including: gender, food insecurity, family connections, life dissatisfaction, religious affiliation, and previous suicide by family or friend.
Looks at Indigenous identity politics between iwi (political identity) and Hokianga whanui (the more culturally appropriate identity within the wider family community).