Moko – A Research Project

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Moko – A Research Project

Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia ; Rua, Mohi ; Nikora, Linda Waimarie

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/1534

Date: 2008

Type: Conference Contribution

Citation: Te Awekotuku, N., Rua, M. & Nikora, L. W. (2008). Moko – A Research Project. In Levy, M., Nikora, L.W., Masters-Awatere, B., Rua, M. & Waitoki, W. (Eds). Claiming Spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Maori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium 23rd-24th November 2007 (pp. 27-35). Hamilton, New Zealand: Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato.

Publisher: Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato

Rights: Copyright © Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato 2008 Each contributor has permitted the Maori and Psychology Research Unit to publish their work in this collection. No part of the material protected in this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the contributor concerned.

Abstract:

Moko colours the lives, and the skins, of all the people involved in the making of this book “Mau Moko”, which began as the Marsden project, “Ta Moko – Culture, Body Modification, and the Psychology of Identity”, 2001-2005. We proposed to study the origins, significance, technology and practice of Ta Moko from the pre-contact period to contemporary times, and to explore how this important art form has become a dynamic and positive assertion of being Maori in our changing world.

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