'Dirty Laundry' in Maori Education History? Another Spin for "Washday" at the Pa

Autor/inn/en	Steward, Georgina; Dale, Hemi
Titel	'Dirty Laundry' in Maori Education History? Another Spin for "Washday" at the Pa
Quelle	In: Waikato Journal of Education, 21 (2016) 2, S.5-15 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2382-0373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Pacific Islanders; Educational History; Photography; Elementary Education; Censorship; Cultural Influences; Public Opinion; Social Values; World Views; Social Bias; Family Environment; Art; Ethnic Stereotypes; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Fotografie; Elementarunterricht; Politische Zensur; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Öffentliche Meinung; Sozialer Wert; World view; Weltanschauung; Familienmilieu; Arts; Kunst; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Neuseeland
Abstract	In 1957, Ans Westra immigrated, as a young adult, from her native Holland to Aotearoa-New Zealand, where she eventually became one of the nation's foremost photographers, and perhaps the pre-eminent photographer of Maori people and events. Early in her career, before she became a famous photographer, Westra worked on contract developing classroom readers for the state education publisher, which were distributed to every school in the country. On its release in May 1964, one such book written by Westra, Washday at the Pa, became the subject of protest led by the Maori Women's Welfare League (MWWL). In response, in August 1964, the Minister of Education ordered all 38,000 copies recalled and destroyed. This incident ignited a national controversy, which has in turn generated some scholarship over the decades, mainly centred on themes of art and censorship. To date, Roger Openshaw (2005) is the most prominent educational scholar to write about this fascinating episode in the history of education in Aotearoa-New Zealand, so some critical analysis from a Maori education perspective seems warranted. This article presents a Kaupapa Maori reading of the book and the controversy, considered in the light of previous scholarship, in particular Openshaw (2005). This research explores the larger, ongoing meanings and learnings to be drawn from the eventful history of this controversial school journal. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research. Division of Education, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: https://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01