Maori Waiata (Music): Re-Writing and Re-Righting the Indigenous Experience

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18113/P8ik159884
Keywords:
Music, Maori, communication, indigenous experience, New Zealand, oral tradition, Polynesia

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Ann C. Clements
The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

This article examines the role of music in Maori culture and the ways music works to create meaning for Maori people. The article also provides an overview of Maori history and its context within New Zealand.

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IK: Other Ways of Knowing, Vol. 1, no.2
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Board Reviewed: Other Ways of Communicating
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Ann C. Clements, The Pennsylvania State University

Associate Professor of Music Education 
The Pennsylvania State University

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