Investigate and build your knowledge of the place in the world you are in, or your whenua, or place that you feel connected with.
What do, or did you observe, gain and learn from your existence in your place? Reflect on
your experience there. Explore while applying what you are learning in the course as you go.
Some of the following may guide you:
• Whenua and the relationship to land
• Whakapapa
• Surrounding land form, geology
• History, and the past
• Where memories reside
• Typical trade or industry in the area
• Who the present communities are, and who were here before
• How the area has been built up or developed
• Ecology (environmental footprint and surrounds)
• Weather patterns, the skies
• The characteristics of your dwelling.
• How have you made a part of your dwelling your own? With whom is it shared?
• How is its atmosphere?
You will gather reseach of various types. This course will introduce some of the ethical
principles toward the care for knowledge. We will elaborate on how ethics and Kaupapa
Māori apply to research and practice. For some of the prompts above, are you able to
carefully find knowledge which is held in the memory of people, who are prepared to speak
to you?
Think also about what you can find in a library, or on-line. Also consider reflecting on your
own experiences. Document the above research process in your journal or workbook.
Form a number of ideas, notions or themes that emerge from this exploration.
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