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Decolonising Māori Collections

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Collections of Māori-focused materials are featured in many public and academic libraries in New Zealand. The items in these collections have been created over a period of approximately 200 years by Māori and non-Māori individuals. Due to colonisation and assimilationist practices by successive governments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many of the resources contain inauthentic or inaccurate information and knowledge about mātauranga Māori (Māori ways of knowing). This article considers whether it is possible for libraries to create a mātauranga Māori collection that is decolonised.

Source: Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2024.2367775

Author: Spencer Lilley

Institution: Victoria University of Wellington

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Administration

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4400219370

FWCI: 7.169

Cites: 28

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10