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Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief: Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science |
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D. N. King, J. R. Goff |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 10, no. 9 ; Nr. 10, no. 9 (2010-09-16), S.1927-1940 |
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250008404
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-10-1927-2010.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| This paper builds upon earlier work that argued the information and
experience contained within the knowledge-practice-belief complex of
Mātauranga Māori [Māori knowledge] is a valuable and
neglected area of information and understanding about past catastrophic
events in Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ). Here we map Māori oral traditions
(pūrākau) that relate experience with extreme environmental
disturbance (in particular, tsunamis) around the A/NZ coast, compare the
findings with geo-archaeological evidence, and discuss the scientific
benefits to be gained by considering pūrākau as legitimate
perspectives on history. Not surprisingly, there are both differences and
complementarities between traditional Māori narratives and the available
geo-archaeological evidence on extreme coastal disturbances. The findings
presented here raise new and important questions about accepted geographies
of tsunami risk, the causes and sources of their generation, as well as
reasons for the relative paucity and abundance of information in some
regions. Ways in which Mātauranga Taiao [Māori environmental
knowledge] and contemporary science can be combined to produce new narratives
about extreme environmental disturbance along the A/NZ coastline will require
not only acceptance of other ways of knowing but also open engagement with
Māori that respects their rights to tell their own histories. These
efforts are encouraged to revitalise and ground-truth the interpretation of
traditional stories, corroborate and/or question previous scientific
deductions, and improve our collective understanding of the recurring impact
of tectonic, geologic and meteorological-based events across A/NZ. |
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