Toon van Meijl

TL;DR: This article analyzed the experience of urban Maori youngsters in ceremonial settings (marae) by examining the question of how they mediate different representations of their cultural identity within the self and found that many young Maori people are engaged in a psychological dialogue between, on the one hand, the classic model for a Maori identity that prescribes them to embrace traditional culture and, on other hand, their personal identification as outcasts in daily practices of New Zealand society.

TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that an essentialist model of Maori tribal organisation hampers the under-standing of the dynamics of socio-political practices in Maori society and that the oral tradition of the New Zealand Maori has been influenced by European reconstructions of their history.

TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that Māori claims regarding intellectual property function primarily to demarcate ethnic boundaries between Mori and non-Mori, and that the reinforcement of ethnic boundaries necessary since they experience their society and distinctive way of life as endangered both by the foreign consumption or misappropriation of aspects of their authentic cultural forms and by the intrusion of foreign cultural elements.

TL;DR: The articles collected in this issue were first presented at an international workshop about colonial grievances, justice and reconciliation held in 2005 at the 6th Conference of the European Society for Oceanists in Marseille, France.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a critical analysis of the topical debate about the revision of anthropological codes of ethics in the 1990s, which is approached from the viewpoint of postmodern ethics, which rejects the foundation of morality in a hierarchy of values on which professional code of ethics are based.