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E oho! Te Whenuatanga o te Tangata: Everyday storytelling belonging to whenua
Part of E oho! Waitangi series
Wednesday 10 April 2024, 12:10pm to 1:30pm
Free
The Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum is here, and the real work of teaching and learning has begun. In this presentation Dr Liana MacDonald, senior lecturer in Sociology at Victoria University, will discuss a decolonial and re/storying approach to engaging the Social Sciences and Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curricula.
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Understand, know, and do
The Ministry of Education’s new Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum document proposes that learning experiences take place through braiding together three elements: Understand, Know, and Do.
This may appear straightforward, but in reality, is messy and difficult. How do teachers engage big ideas about colonisation, settlement, and power as ‘historical’ events without foreclosing strong calls in society today to dismantle the colonialism and racism that permeate our institutions, public spaces and relationships with each other?
In this presentation, Dr Liana MacDonald (Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau) recalibrates the three elements of the curriculum content by placing local and rohe contexts (Know) at the forefront of learning history. From this perspective, tentatively called Te Whenuatanga o te Tangata, students can explore how national contexts and the curriculum’s ‘big ideas’ (Understand) relate their everyday surroundings through uncanny pedagogies (Do).
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About the speaker
Dr Liana MacDonald (Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau) has been involved in research projects exploring how Māori and Pākehā remember and forget ‘difficult histories.’ Liana is especially interested in how teaching about the past in view of a racialised society can contribute to transformative learning experiences. She has published several articles on this topic and how settler colonial whiteness and racism are reproduced in public places and institutions. Liana is a senior lecturer in sociology at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.
E oho Waitangi series
E oho! Waitangi series explores key events that shaped Aotearoa. It's a series for everyone; hear amazing speakers from diverse backgrounds focussing on historical events, contemporary consequences and collective understanding. Some of these events are recorded and available for you to watch or listen to online
Photo of Liana MacDonald.