MAOR172-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Science, Maori and Indigenous Knowledge

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

This is an integrated multi-disciplinary course between Aotahi: School of Maori and Indigenous Studies and the College of Science. This course provides a basic understanding of Maori and indigenous peoples’ knowledge in such fields as astronomy, physics, conservation biology, aquaculture, resource management and health sciences. The course provides unique perspectives in indigenous knowledge, western science and their overlap. The course will provide an essential background in cultural awareness and its relationship with today’s New Zealand scientific community.

This is an integrated multi-disciplinary course between Aotahi: School of Maori and Indigenous Studies and the College of Science. The course provides unique perspectives in indigenous knowledge, western science and their overlap.

Maori and Indigenous world-views and the “scientific world view” have often been described as mutually exclusive. The course scrutinizes this claim. Maori and indigenous peoples, although they may not have used western-developed scientific methodology, developed a deep and sophisticated knowledge and understanding of their world and environment that has helped them to adapt, survive and prosper over multiple generations.

Learning Outcomes

  •    A basic understanding in Maori and indigenous people’s knowledge that today we refer to as   astronomy, physics, conservation biology, aquaculture, and resource management.
  •    A general understanding of protocols that exist between today’s scientific communities, Maori and other indigenous peoples, for example the relationship between the Treaty of Waitangi and science.  
  •    For students progressing onto postgraduate studies it will provide an essential background in cultural awareness and its relationship with today’s New Zealand scientific community.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test In-class 25%
Essay 25%
Final Exam 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $692.00

International fee $3,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies .

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