What is it about?
This article explores the potential for reinstating the ideologies associated with traditional Indigenous knowledge and the intricacies of interconnectedness between environments and people for improved health and wellbeing. It examines new ways of integrating Māori knowledge in design to expand the concepts of belonging, identity, quality of life and place.
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Why is it important?
The study encapsulates the notions of ki uta ki tai (to the mountains to the sea) and hīkoi (traditional form of walking and talking with the land and exhuming meaning) and looks at healing remaining endemic ecologies in an attempt to recreate identity and sense of belonging. It hereby assists in reconnecting Māori and connecting non-Māori to their natural surroundings, following bicultural and Indigenous constructs.
Perspectives
This study expands on our understanding of the surrounding environment, which goes beyond the physical. It explores that our sense of health and wellbeing is achieved by a holistic connection to the wider landscape
Bruno Marques
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: Haumanu ipukarea, ki uta ki tai: (re)connecting to landscape and reviving the sense of belonging for health and wellbeing, Cities & Health, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2018.1514754.
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