Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 2, 2017 16:25:07 GMT 12
MASSEY UNIVERSITY GRANTED $2.87 MILLION FOR MĀORI LANDSCAPE CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH
Massey University researchers have received approval for $2,870,000 to go to a Māori landscape classification research project.
The proposal, He Tātai Whenua: A Te Ao Māori landscape classification, sets out to create an international standard for the translation of indigenous cultural and historical knowledge into data structures.
The successful proposal's description from MBIE says for many centuries Māori had observed "every aspect" of the world around them.
Māori had a 1000-year history of occupation of New Zealand and a unique relationship with the environment and its sustainability, it says.
"Mātauranga Māori, or Māori expert knowledge in relation to Papatuanuku (our earthly environment) and in relation to kaitiakitanga (stewardship of the environment), offers a potentially powerful pathway leading to revitalisation and reconnection for all New Zealanders to our whenua at a time when global ecological concerns are increasingly relevant."
We propose to synthesise a Te Ao Māori landscape classification that can be directly integrated into existing Geographical Information Systems ..
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/97437122/Massey-University-granted-2-87-million-for-M-ori-landscape-classification-research?cid=app-iPhone
Massey University researchers have received approval for $2,870,000 to go to a Māori landscape classification research project.
The proposal, He Tātai Whenua: A Te Ao Māori landscape classification, sets out to create an international standard for the translation of indigenous cultural and historical knowledge into data structures.
The successful proposal's description from MBIE says for many centuries Māori had observed "every aspect" of the world around them.
Māori had a 1000-year history of occupation of New Zealand and a unique relationship with the environment and its sustainability, it says.
"Mātauranga Māori, or Māori expert knowledge in relation to Papatuanuku (our earthly environment) and in relation to kaitiakitanga (stewardship of the environment), offers a potentially powerful pathway leading to revitalisation and reconnection for all New Zealanders to our whenua at a time when global ecological concerns are increasingly relevant."
We propose to synthesise a Te Ao Māori landscape classification that can be directly integrated into existing Geographical Information Systems ..
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/97437122/Massey-University-granted-2-87-million-for-M-ori-landscape-classification-research?cid=app-iPhone
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