Contemporary Maori Architecture - The Case for the Untraditional

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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
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Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
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Rebecca Carland

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Looking for murnong
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Lou Bennett and Romaine Moreton

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Kin‑dling and other radical relationalities
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Emily Johnson and Karyn Recollet

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Making Inuit art in the moment
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asinnajaq

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Notes from Kahoʻolawe, Ka Paeʻāina o Hawaiʻi, Moananuiākea
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Drew Kahuaina Broderick and Josh Tengan

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Weaving memory, living embodiment
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Freja Carmichael

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Knowledge positions in Aotearoa and Turtle Island art museums
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Léuli Eshraghi

Interview with First Nations curators Kathleen Ash‐Milby (Portland Art Museum), Maia Nuku (Metropolitan Museum of Art) and Nigel Borell (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki).

Published 01 June 2020

One of the most insidious myths about contemporary Maori architecture is that it does not exist, since 'traditional' Maori building design has been influenced by colonial architecture. Looks at contemporary issues in Maori architecture.

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