Ka Haka! Empowering Performance – Māori and Indigenous Performance Studies Symposium
| Date: | Monday 12 Nov - Friday 16 Nov |
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| Location: | The University of Auckland |
| Contact: | vsmith@aut.ac.nz |
| Website: | Event website |
Following the success of Ka Haka! Empowering Performance – the inaugural Māori and Indigenous Performance Studies Symposium (AUT, 2016), we are proud to present: Ka Haka II 'Old ways of knowing, new ways of doing'.
Ka Haka is one of six streams to be presented at the 8th International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC).
Registrations can be made for the full IIRC event. Day passes are also available.
Old ways of knowing, new ways of doing
What might it mean to call a performance 'authentic' in the Māori and Indigenous context? How might mis/representations of the 'authentic' in Māori and Indigenous culture in performance be seen to reflect, or not, the influence of colonisation, mediatisation and/or globalisation?
In this, we take as read that while performances are often entertaining, such performances can also be seen to have, and to convey, authenticity. Here we ask participants to stake a position in a conversation about the relationship between performance and authenticity in the development of Māori and Indigenous identities and communities.
Ka Haka 2016 video library
View presentations from the inaugural Ka Haka in 2016 (Vimeo).
