MĀORI  303

Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa

Please note: this is archived course information from 2022 for MAORI 303.

Description

An in-depth examination of the socio-cultural and political impact of New Zealand films foregrounding Māori, both in front of and especially, behind the camera. The course looks primarily at how Māori filmmakers have used cinema as a means to reassert cultural identity and tino rangatiratanga, from its activist beginnings during the Māori Cultural Renaissance in the 1980s, to the present.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for MĀORI 303.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2022

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

MAORI 303: 15 points

Prerequisites

60 points Stage II or approval of Academic Head or nominee

Restrictions

MĀORI 202