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Week Four: People and the World we Inhibit

Task One: do they recognise the role of humans within the environment or do they posit humans as distinct from ‘the natural world’? Although both of these perspectives address that there is a relationship between humanity and the environment neither of them identify the need for coexistence. One extreme is the manipulation of earths resoures for human needs and the other completely seperates the extistence of human life in nature.  Task two: relationship between tuhoe whare and harakeke planting. From looking at these two resources the relationship that I can identify between them is that they both are based on the value of whanaunatanga. Through tuhoe whare the community is creating jobs too support the community to create a space for the community. This creates a sense of meaning and value throught the whole process. Similarly to the harakeke planting, thris establishes a relationship between humanity and the environment by hakving an understandding of the resources available a
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Week One: Knowledge Systems

Task 1: Artefact - Maori Television Interesting statement regarding using different methods and information to achieve the same goal (navigation). In comparison of Western to Polynesian methods of navigation shown in this documentary I noticed Western methods are more system, research and fact focused where as Polynesian methods appear more centred on human relations and abilities. These ideas were reflected back into the modern practices too. The conflicting beliefs on what the appropriate treatment of the found Taonga is. With a Western perspective being that the Taonga are a valuable resource of science to explore further the history of Maori experiences and traditions. Where as Maori have the perspective of leaving the Taonga in their traditional and natural location which reflects the importance of ancestral intention and trust in the stories inherited through generations. Task 2:  The Oxford Illustrated History of Science The chapter points out that even though science is
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Week 2: Tōku reo tōku ohooho

  Resource 1) Watch this video of Lera Boroditsky about language and thought.    https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think#t-144579 ·          ‘Second language, second soul’ ·          Different words for the colour spectrum in each language - Goluboy & siniy as the different shades of blue in the Russian language ·          ‘Linguistic boundaries’ & categorical change ·          Access to number words and what this means in terms of a new cognitive realm ·          ‘Big’, ‘deep’, ‘early’, ‘broad’, ‘weighty’ as the describing words of how language shapes the way we think ·          Linguistic diversity – 7000 linguistic universes in the world ·          ‘Why do we think the way we do?’ ·          ‘What thoughts do I wish to create?’ ·          What linguistic boundaries in the English language are stopping me from making alternative thoughts? Resource 2) Read "Tatauing the postcolonial body" by Albert We
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