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He Āpiti Hono, He Tātai Hono: That Which is Joined Remains an Unbroken Line: Using Whakapapa (Genealogy) as the Basis for an Indigenous Research Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

James Graham
James Graham*
Affiliation:
Te Uru Māraurau, School of Māori and Multicultural Education, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Abstract

This paper explores the notion of whakapapa as providing a legitimate research framework for engaging in research with Māori communities. By exploring the tradition and meaning of whakapapa, the paper will legitimate how whakapapa and an understanding of whakapapa can be used by Māori researchers working among Māori communities. Therefore, emphasis is placed on a research methodology framed by whakapapa that not only authenticates Māori epistemology in comparison with Western traditions, but that also supports the notion of a whakapapa research methodology being transplanted across the Indigenous world; Indigenous peoples researching among their Indigenous communities. Consequently, Indigenous identity is strengthened as is the contribution of the concept of whakapapa to Indigenous research paradigms worldwide.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 34 , 2005 , pp. 86 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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