title: Fashioning hybrid Muslim women’s veiled embodied geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand: #hijabi spaces

authors: Soltani, Anoosh

abstract: In this article, we foreground the intersection of hijab and fashion as multiple expressions of Muslim women’s gendered identities and geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. Muslim women use their bodies to express adaptations of femininity, religion, and nationalities. Using an embodied geography lens, this article grapples with mutual intersecting identities, including gender, religion and nationality and wider relations of power. Drawing on interviews with 30 participants and their social media images, we show how participants trouble a modesty and fashion binary. They do this in – and through – the city of Hamilton in both online and offline spaces. There are three findings. First, we show the complex relationship between identities, hijab, fashion, gender and religious power relations in and around their bodies. Second, Muslim women have conflicting emotions when wearing a veil and engaging with fashionable clothing and accessories in Hamilton. Finally, we focus on the ways that Muslim women use Facebook and Instagram and an array of fashion hashtags to illustrate the intersection of hijab, clothes, place and Western fashion. In doing so they negotiate online and offline spaces to construct hybrid fashionable-Islamic bodies and places. In each of these findings, we highlight the ways participants understand their Muslim-Kiwi identities.

text: Fashioning hybrid Muslim women’s veiled embodied geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand: #hijabi spaces In this article, we foreground the intersection of hijab and fashion as multiple expressions of Muslim women’s gendered identities and geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. Muslim women use their bodies to express adaptations of femininity, religion, and nationalities. Using an embodied geography lens, this article grapples with mutual intersecting identities, including gender, religion and nationality and wider relations of power. Drawing on interviews with 30 participants and their social media images, we show how participants trouble a modesty and fashion binary. They do this in – and through – the city of Hamilton in both online and offline spaces. There are three findings. First, we show the complex relationship between identities, hijab, fashion, gender and religious power relations in and around their bodies. Second, Muslim women have conflicting emotions when wearing a veil and engaging with fashionable clothing and accessories in Hamilton. Finally, we focus on the ways that Muslim women use Facebook and Instagram and an array of fashion hashtags to illustrate the intersection of hijab, clothes, place and Western fashion. In doing so they negotiate online and offline spaces to construct hybrid fashionable-Islamic bodies and places. In each of these findings, we highlight the ways participants understand their Muslim-Kiwi identities.

year: 2021

title: Can nonhumans speak? Languaging and worlds in posthumanist applied linguistics

authors: Demuro, Eugenia

subjects: posthumanism

abstract: This paper mobilises posthumanism as a way to theorise and articulate what language(s)/languagingmay be for nonhuman animals. This is investigated via various concepts brought together: we turn to the on-tological turn in anthropology to expand on what language is, or might be, amongst humans, and then discussUmwelt and languaging as two possible modes of exploring ontologies and biosemiosis among nonhumans. Thedialogue between posthumanism and biosemiosis is so far absent in the field of critical language studies. Theaim, thus, is to contribute to the nascent field of posthumanist applied linguistics by tentatively linking discretefields of enquiry for a productive exchange across disciplines, and to further the discussion of how nonhumanlanguage is (or may be) ontologised

text: Can nonhumans speak? Languaging and worlds in posthumanist applied linguistics This paper mobilises posthumanism as a way to theorise and articulate what language(s)/languagingmay be for nonhuman animals. This is investigated via various concepts brought together: we turn to the on-tological turn in anthropology to expand on what language is, or might be, amongst humans, and then discussUmwelt and languaging as two possible modes of exploring ontologies and biosemiosis among nonhumans. Thedialogue between posthumanism and biosemiosis is so far absent in the field of critical language studies. Theaim, thus, is to contribute to the nascent field of posthumanist applied linguistics by tentatively linking discretefields of enquiry for a productive exchange across disciplines, and to further the discussion of how nonhumanlanguage is (or may be) ontologised

year: 2023-09-01

title: Ngā hau pūkeri e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori

authors: Nock, Sophie

subjects: Tikanga Māori

abstract: Ko te wherawhera a tēnei tuhinga he titiro ki ngā io mai i ngā tikanga o te ao Māori, ā, ki ngā hau kino e whakataurekareka ana i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Kei roto i ngā iwi katoa o te ao ā rātau tikanga, engari, ko ngā whakamāramatanga o aua tikanga kei te mau ruhiruhi noa i roto i ngā hinengaro o ngā tāngata o tēnā iwi, tēnā iwi, ā, kua ngaro katoa atu rānei. Nā reira, ko tāku he rapu i aua māramatanga kei muri i ngā tikanga Māori, ā, he rapu anō hoki i ngā tāmitanga, i ngā pēhitanga a tauiwi mā, ko te mutunga ka whakapōrearea i ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ko te aronga rangahau mō tēnei kaupapa he whai i ngā tuhinga me ngā kōrero i ahu mai i te ao Māori me te ao Pākehā. Ko ngā rauemi nei i ahu mai i ngā kohikohinga kōrero tawhito me ngā tuhinga a te hunga o roto i ngā tau kātahi anō ka pahure ake. Ko ngā kōrero tawhito nei hei whakaata ake i te huringa o te ao, ā, ka tīkina atu aua kōrero hei ārahi i te hunga ora kia mau tonu ai ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ki te whai haere i tēnei momo kaupapa, me mātua whai rawa i ngā kōrero ā-waha hei whakaatu mai, ina kāore hoki i āta tuhia whānuihia ngā kōrero i maringi mai i te hinengaro o te hunga whakautu pātai. Ko ngā kohinga kōrero ā-waha hei tohu i ngā tikanga me ngā whakapono ake i pā mai ki a rātou i te wā e tipu ake ana.
Ko ētahi o ngā kaikōrero i tipu ake i roto i te tūturutanga o te ao Māori, arā, i tipu ake i ngā rekereke o ō rātou kuia, koroua, ā, ko ētahi ahakoa he Māori, i tipu ake anō i roto i te reo me ētahi o ngā tikanga Māori, ko ētahi anō i noho hoki i te tāone.
Ko ngā kaupapa ka whakaarahia ake e tēnei rangahau ko ngā tikanga e hāngai pū ana, e whakamahia ana, e kitea ana, e whakaatu ana anō hoki i ngā whakapono o te Māori. Kāti, ka tirohia ētahi tikanga i waenga i te whānau, ētahi atu tikanga hāngai pū ana ki te manaaki tangata i runga marae me te whakaaro ake ki ngā tohu e tika ana ki te whakanui manuhiri.
He roa te Māori e noho ana i te ao Pākehā, mai i tō rātou taenga mai i te rau tau tekau mā waru. Ko te nuinga o tātau kua roa kē te wehenga mai i te ao tūturu ake o te Māori. Ko ētahi tāngata e pupuri tonu ana i ētahi o ā tātou tikanga, ko ētahi kāhore noa e mōhio ana. Tēnā pea, ko ngā whakatūpato i mau, engari, ko ngā whakamārama kei te ngaro. Kāti, ko te tūmanako mō tēnei tuhingaroa ko te whakahoutia anō o te here ki ā tātou tikanga. Ka āhei hoki te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki te kaupapa nei ki te whai whakaaro, te whai māramatanga.
Ko tēnei tuhinga he tauira hei whakaatu atu he mahi pakeke te hopu, te tiaki, te manaaki me te ako hoki i ngā mātauranga o tuawhakarere. He pēnei anō ēnei tikanga mō nāianei, he toimaha tonu te kawe, te whakaū.
Heoi, ka whakatakia mai ngā kōrero i te orokohanga o te ao hei raranga ake hei whāriki mō te tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka tirohia ētahi o ngā whenu o tēnei mahi whata, arā, te ahunga mai o te tikanga Māori me ngā tikanga huhua i whakatauiratia mai e ngā atua Māori. Whai muri atu kei te upoko tuarua, ka whakaraupapahia mai ngā kōrero a te hunga whakautu pātai kia āta kitea ai ō rātou whakaaro mō te tikanga Māori. Ka hāngai pū tonu tēnei titiro ki ngā momo pātai, ā, ka tirohia hoki ngā whakahokinga a taua hunga nā.
Kei te upoko tuatoru ka huri te titiro ki ngā hau pūkeri e tūkino nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka horahia ngā kōrero, ngā tikanga mō te āhua o te noho a te Māori o mua, kia āta kitea ai i pēhea te āhua o tōna whakahaere i tōna ao o mua. Kātahi, ka āta tirohia ētahi ture Pākehā e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga, pēnei i te ngaro haere o te reo Māori, te haehae haere o ā tātou tikanga Māori. Ka mutu, ka huri ake ki te whai whakaaro ki ētahi o ngā raru i pā mai ki te tikanga Māori i te neketanga o te Māori ki te tāone noho ai, mahi ai.
Kei te upoko tuawhā ētahi tauira mō ngā tūmomo tikanga e mahia ana e te Māori i waenganui i tōna whānau. Ka tirohia te ringa tapu o te tikanga hei whakaohooho ake i te hinengaro, hei whakatakoto māramatanga mō aua tikanga hoki.
Kei te upoko tuarima te tirohanga ki ngā momo tikanga i runga marae, me ngā momo tohu Māori e whakaatu mai ana i te rangatiratanga o te iwi, pēnei i ngā tohu kino, i ngā tohu ora rānei. Ka tirohia ētahi whakamāramatanga mō te āhua o te noho piri o te Māori ki tōna taiao, he aha ngā kōrero a te taiao ki te Māori, he aha hoki ngā kōrero a ngā kararehe o te taiao.
Hei whakakapi ake i te tuhinga nei ko te whakarāpopototanga. I konei ka titiro whakamuri ki ngā āhuatanga kua ara ake. Ka whakaraupapahia ngā whakakitenga me ngā whakaputanga hei whakaohooho, hei whakaarotanga ake mō te ao kei mua e pā ana ki ā tātou tikanga Māori.

text: Ngā hau pūkeri e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori Ko te wherawhera a tēnei tuhinga he titiro ki ngā io mai i ngā tikanga o te ao Māori, ā, ki ngā hau kino e whakataurekareka ana i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Kei roto i ngā iwi katoa o te ao ā rātau tikanga, engari, ko ngā whakamāramatanga o aua tikanga kei te mau ruhiruhi noa i roto i ngā hinengaro o ngā tāngata o tēnā iwi, tēnā iwi, ā, kua ngaro katoa atu rānei. Nā reira, ko tāku he rapu i aua māramatanga kei muri i ngā tikanga Māori, ā, he rapu anō hoki i ngā tāmitanga, i ngā pēhitanga a tauiwi mā, ko te mutunga ka whakapōrearea i ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ko te aronga rangahau mō tēnei kaupapa he whai i ngā tuhinga me ngā kōrero i ahu mai i te ao Māori me te ao Pākehā. Ko ngā rauemi nei i ahu mai i ngā kohikohinga kōrero tawhito me ngā tuhinga a te hunga o roto i ngā tau kātahi anō ka pahure ake. Ko ngā kōrero tawhito nei hei whakaata ake i te huringa o te ao, ā, ka tīkina atu aua kōrero hei ārahi i te hunga ora kia mau tonu ai ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ki te whai haere i tēnei momo kaupapa, me mātua whai rawa i ngā kōrero ā-waha hei whakaatu mai, ina kāore hoki i āta tuhia whānuihia ngā kōrero i maringi mai i te hinengaro o te hunga whakautu pātai. Ko ngā kohinga kōrero ā-waha hei tohu i ngā tikanga me ngā whakapono ake i pā mai ki a rātou i te wā e tipu ake ana.
Ko ētahi o ngā kaikōrero i tipu ake i roto i te tūturutanga o te ao Māori, arā, i tipu ake i ngā rekereke o ō rātou kuia, koroua, ā, ko ētahi ahakoa he Māori, i tipu ake anō i roto i te reo me ētahi o ngā tikanga Māori, ko ētahi anō i noho hoki i te tāone.
Ko ngā kaupapa ka whakaarahia ake e tēnei rangahau ko ngā tikanga e hāngai pū ana, e whakamahia ana, e kitea ana, e whakaatu ana anō hoki i ngā whakapono o te Māori. Kāti, ka tirohia ētahi tikanga i waenga i te whānau, ētahi atu tikanga hāngai pū ana ki te manaaki tangata i runga marae me te whakaaro ake ki ngā tohu e tika ana ki te whakanui manuhiri.
He roa te Māori e noho ana i te ao Pākehā, mai i tō rātou taenga mai i te rau tau tekau mā waru. Ko te nuinga o tātau kua roa kē te wehenga mai i te ao tūturu ake o te Māori. Ko ētahi tāngata e pupuri tonu ana i ētahi o ā tātou tikanga, ko ētahi kāhore noa e mōhio ana. Tēnā pea, ko ngā whakatūpato i mau, engari, ko ngā whakamārama kei te ngaro. Kāti, ko te tūmanako mō tēnei tuhingaroa ko te whakahoutia anō o te here ki ā tātou tikanga. Ka āhei hoki te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki te kaupapa nei ki te whai whakaaro, te whai māramatanga.
Ko tēnei tuhinga he tauira hei whakaatu atu he mahi pakeke te hopu, te tiaki, te manaaki me te ako hoki i ngā mātauranga o tuawhakarere. He pēnei anō ēnei tikanga mō nāianei, he toimaha tonu te kawe, te whakaū.
Heoi, ka whakatakia mai ngā kōrero i te orokohanga o te ao hei raranga ake hei whāriki mō te tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka tirohia ētahi o ngā whenu o tēnei mahi whata, arā, te ahunga mai o te tikanga Māori me ngā tikanga huhua i whakatauiratia mai e ngā atua Māori. Whai muri atu kei te upoko tuarua, ka whakaraupapahia mai ngā kōrero a te hunga whakautu pātai kia āta kitea ai ō rātou whakaaro mō te tikanga Māori. Ka hāngai pū tonu tēnei titiro ki ngā momo pātai, ā, ka tirohia hoki ngā whakahokinga a taua hunga nā.
Kei te upoko tuatoru ka huri te titiro ki ngā hau pūkeri e tūkino nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka horahia ngā kōrero, ngā tikanga mō te āhua o te noho a te Māori o mua, kia āta kitea ai i pēhea te āhua o tōna whakahaere i tōna ao o mua. Kātahi, ka āta tirohia ētahi ture Pākehā e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga, pēnei i te ngaro haere o te reo Māori, te haehae haere o ā tātou tikanga Māori. Ka mutu, ka huri ake ki te whai whakaaro ki ētahi o ngā raru i pā mai ki te tikanga Māori i te neketanga o te Māori ki te tāone noho ai, mahi ai.
Kei te upoko tuawhā ētahi tauira mō ngā tūmomo tikanga e mahia ana e te Māori i waenganui i tōna whānau. Ka tirohia te ringa tapu o te tikanga hei whakaohooho ake i te hinengaro, hei whakatakoto māramatanga mō aua tikanga hoki.
Kei te upoko tuarima te tirohanga ki ngā momo tikanga i runga marae, me ngā momo tohu Māori e whakaatu mai ana i te rangatiratanga o te iwi, pēnei i ngā tohu kino, i ngā tohu ora rānei. Ka tirohia ētahi whakamāramatanga mō te āhua o te noho piri o te Māori ki tōna taiao, he aha ngā kōrero a te taiao ki te Māori, he aha hoki ngā kōrero a ngā kararehe o te taiao.
Hei whakakapi ake i te tuhinga nei ko te whakarāpopototanga. I konei ka titiro whakamuri ki ngā āhuatanga kua ara ake. Ka whakaraupapahia ngā whakakitenga me ngā whakaputanga hei whakaohooho, hei whakaarotanga ake mō te ao kei mua e pā ana ki ā tātou tikanga Māori.

year: 2003