Promoting access and success for Māori and Pacific staff: Bicultural discourses in tertiary education
Panapa, Kelly-Anne
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2016-07-04Citation:
Panapa, K. H. (2016, July). Promoting access and success for Māori and Pacific staff: Bicultural discourses in tertiary education. Paper presented at NZ Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) Symposium, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Wellesley St East, Auckland City.Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3796Abstract
Biculturalism typically ...
Concentrates on learning/ learning about artefacts of Māori culture (hongi, haka, hangi)
Assumes ‘getting to know each other’ better so ‘we can all get a long better’ is the answer
Emphasises ‘national unity’ – devalues diversity and the Māori contribution
Distracted from structural limitations to Māori success and material differences between Māori and non-Māori experience
Fails to provide opportunity for Māori to provide alternate ideologies to frame alternate structures
Maintains a dominance-subordinance power relation between Māori and Pākehā
Perpetuates Pākehā privilege – colonial legacy, well protected