ARTHIST 338 : Māori Art History: Mana Taonga

Arts

2025 Semester Two (1255) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Considers Māori visual art from arrival from the Pacific to the present day. Examines how artists critically negotiated current notions of identity in their work. Forms including moko, carving, weaving, architecture, film and contemporary art are explored through key ideas such as gender politics, patronage, and repatriation. Artists examined include Raharuhi Rukupo, Te Kooti, Pine Taiapa, Lisa Reihana and Ralph Hotere.

Course Overview

Welcome to Mana Taonga, which focuses on Māori visual art from Te Pō/The Night to our arrival from the Pacific c.800 to the present day. It examines how artists critically negotiated current notions of identity in their work, and respond to new presences and influences in our community, including Christianity, colonialism, new materials and ideas.
Forms including moko, carving, weaving, architecture, film, contemporary art are explored through key ideas such as gender politics, patronage and repatriation. Artists examined include Raharuhi Rukupo, Te Kooti, Pine Taiapa, Lisa Reihana and Ralph Hotere. We consider the ongoing effects of colonisation and globalisation in relation to the collection and display of our art.
A core part of the course is to escape from the classroom into other environments to experience our taonga: Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum and of course the wonderful Tāne Nui a Rangi which is our university's meeting house on Wynyard Street.
The course is not just about the taonga and artists themselves, but also looks into ways in which we can think about them and how they have been written about through time, both orally and in text.
This course will build on skills you have learnt at Stage I and so by the end of the course you will be more culturally aware of the history and significance of Māori art.
Mana Taonga can supplement a suite of Māori- and indigenous-focused papers in the Faculty of Arts, including in History and Māori Studies.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: At least 15 points from ANTHRO 207, HISTORY 252 and 15 points at Stage I in Art History or 15 points at Stage II in Art History and 60 points passed, or 30 points at Stage II in BGlobalSt courses Restriction: ARTHIST 102, 238

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe the continuum of Maori art from Te Po (The Night) on the one hand, and Hawaiki/the Pacific on the other, to the present day. (Capability 1 and 3)
  2. Critically evaluate Maori art from a range of viewpoints, eg artist, patron, pakeke (elder) (Capability 4)
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of key texts and writers who have shaped Maori art history (Capability 4, 5 and 6)
  4. Explain key concepts in relation to Maori art including tapu, mana and taonga (Capability 4 and 7)
  5. Analyse different strategies used by artists, galleries and museums in the display of Maori art (Capability 3 and 4)
  6. Identify, describe and analyse the relationship of Maori to other Indigenous and Pacific art concepts, forms and practices. (Capability 6, 7 and 8)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Coursework 100% Individual Coursework

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 2 hours of lectures, a 1 hour tutorial, 7 hours of reading and thinking about the content and as well as working on assignments.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

The course is an on campus experience, involving not only the classroom, but also the university's marae, Auckland Museum and Auckland Art Gallery. It is expected that you attend all lectures and tutorials to get the most out of the course and prepare you for your coursework.

Most lectures will be available as recordings - however, we have some out-of-classroom lectures which will not be recorded. Tutorials will also not be available as recordings.

The course will not include live online events.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
This course is not available for delivery to students studying remotely outside NZ.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Brown, Deidre and Ngarino Ellis with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2024.
Neich, Roger. Carved Histories. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2001.
Mead, Hirini Moko. Te Toi Whakairo. Auckland: Reed, 1994.
Tamarapa, Awhina. Whatu Kakahu: Māori Cloaks. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2011.
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. Mau Moko. The World of Māori Tattoo. Auckland: Penguin Viking, 2007.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Students have asked for more experiences outside of the classroom which will be a goal for 2025.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 31/10/2024 08:06 a.m.