Donna Cormack

Calling forth our pasts, citing our futures: an envisioning of a Kaupapa Māori citational practice

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
kaupapa Māori
Indigenous
citation
citational practice
refusal
Author(s): 
Hana Burgess
Donna Cormack
Papaarangi Reid
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.1.8

This paper explores how we, three wāhine Māori, are moving through citational practice—who, how, and why we cite. Stemming from a refusal to recirculate settler colonial ideologies in doctoral research, we consider what it means to cite as Māori. In centring whakapapa, we conceptualise citations as extensions of our relational world and as a way we can acknowledge and nurture the intergenerational relationships that constitute who we are, and how we come to know. Citation is an expression of whanaungatanga.

Read online: 
PDF icon MAI Jrnl 2021_V10_I1_Burgess_FINAL.pdf
Read more

Oh, you don’t look Māori: Socially assigned ethnicity

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
identity
Māori
ethnicity
essentialism
skin colour
socially assigned ethnicity
Author(s): 
Ashlea Gillon
Donna Cormack
Belinda Borell
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.3

This paper discusses experiences of Māori who self-report that they are socially assigned as Pākehā and explores these experiences in relation to Māori identity and colonisation. Utilising Kaupapa Māori theory, methodology and methods, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 10 participants. Three interrelated themes were identified through a thematic analysis: claims of identity, challenges to identity and reinforcement of identity.

Read online: 
PDF icon MAIJrnl_8_2_Gillon_FINAL.pdf
Read more

Oranga mokopuna: A tāngata whenua rights-based approach to health and wellbeing

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
rights
Māori
children
youth
Health
wellbeing
Author(s): 
Paula King
Donna Cormack
Mark Kōpua
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.2.6

Rights-based approaches to health in Aotearoa New Zealand have increased in recent years. However, dominant Westernised conceptualisations of rights have been criticised for their ties to colonialism and individualistic focus. This paper presents Oranga Mokopuna as an alternative which disrupts Western notions of rights that are assumed to have universal application. Based in Te Ao Māori, Oranga Mokopuna provides a conceptual frame of reference for the realisation of tāngata whenua rights to health and wellbeing.

Read online: 
PDF icon MAIJrnl_7_2_King_FINAL.pdf
Read more