Amber Nicholson

Te Hihiri: A process of coming to know

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Indigenous
ancestral knowledge
mātauranga Māori
hihiri
methodology
whakapapa
Author(s): 
Amber Nicholson
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.9.2.4

Indigenous wisdom traditions regard knowledge as an active and creative process of coming to know. Descriptions of the emergence of knowledge are found in cosmological whakapapa narratives, which reflect and inform an Indigenous worldview. Outlined in this article is an Indigenous Māori research paradigm that is underpinned by the cosmological whakapapa and describes knowledge creation as a relationship with experience.

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Economy of Mana: Where to next?

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
economy of mana
capitalism
mana
alternative economies
Author(s): 
Kiri Dell
Nimbus Staniland
Amber Nicholson
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.1.5

Writings on traditional Māori economies have highlighted the value system that philosophically underpins them and the relational nature of trading interactions. Further, the significance of mana in sustaining economic relationships has been emphasised, leading to the concept of an “economy of mana”. In this paper, we explore traditional Māori economies, the concept of mana and the limited exploration of an economy of mana in order to propose future research directions for Māori economic research.

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