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Keywords
Ans Westra (photographer)
critical discourse analysis (CDA)
Kaupapa MÄori philosophy
MÄori educational publishing
Washday at the PÄ (school journal).
critical discourse analysis (CDA)
Kaupapa MÄori philosophy
MÄori educational publishing
Washday at the PÄ (school journal).
Abstract
The controversy in Aotearoa New Zealand over the school journal Washday at the Pā by Ans Westra (1964) has given rise to a small corpus of scholarship, but one limited in educational or Māori perspectives, being centred on discussions of art and censorship. To date, Roger Openshaw (2005) is the most prominent educational scholar to write about this fascinating episode in our education history, so some critical analysis from a Māori education perspective seems warranted. This article presents a Kaupapa Māori reading of the book, the controversy, and previous scholarship, which inquires into the larger, ongoing meanings and learnings to be drawn from this controversy.
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