Urupā Tautaiao: Revitalizando costumbres y prácticas ancestrales para el mundo moderno

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/link-praxis.v1i1.1

Resumen

Esta investigación sobre urupā tautaiao (enterramientos naturales), financiada por el Marsden Fund Council con fondos del Gobierno y gestionada por la Royal Society Te Apārangi, tiene una agenda descolonizadora explícita. Presenta una oportunidad pragmática para que los maoríes reevalúen, reconecten y adapten costumbres y prácticas ancestrales al mundo moderno. La práctica de diseño se centra en la restauración de las tumbas existentes situadas en el urupā (cementerio) de los Ngāti Moko, una hapū (subtribu) de la tribu Tapuika que ocupa tierras ancestrales en el centro de la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelanda. Como preparación para el desarrollo del cementerio, se celebraron una serie de hui a hapū (reuniones tribales) para implicar y fomentar la participación en la investigación. La tribu recurrió a los conocimientos de un arquitecto paisajista ecologista y de un tohunga whakairo (maestro tallador/artista) para transformar las tumbas en una obra de arte. Rodeada de lápidas convencionales y utilizando sólo materiales naturales, la tumba aspira a capturar la belleza de la naturaleza embellecida con motivos culturales maoríes. Plantas autóctonas de bajo mantenimiento se entrecruzan con tres pou (tallas tradicionales) que llevan pūrākau (narraciones sagradas maoríes) de la vida y la muerte.

Biografía del autor/a

Hinamatau McNeill, Auckland University of Technology

Professor Hinematau McNeill is Tapuika, Ngāti Moko and has always maintained an active involvement in Māori communities, which informs her research.  As a Treaty negotiator for her tribe, she was responsible for the historical portfolio. Tapuika settled with the Crown in 2014. She has served as a Trustee on the tribal Post-Treaty Settlement Board. One of the first Māori woman appointed to a national governance role in Women’s Refuge, she advocated for mandatory reporting. Hinematau was also invited to join the prestigious  Iwi Leaders Forum. Additionally, an interest in artistic practice-led research has invigorated her postgraduate supervision work and afforded emerging scholars the opportunity to operate creatively in a way that values and acknowledges indigenous epistemologies and ways of working. She believes that when indigenous knowledge is truly valued, it is not only a decolonising force, but can enrich our collective lived experience.

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Publicado
2023-10-25
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Vol. 1 Núm. 1 (2023): Toroa Kōtui: la investigación práctica en Aotearoa Nueva Zelanda
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