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The Transformative Experiences of Cultural Healing

An Autoethnography of Kaupapa Māori

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As the call to enter rang out across the Marae, I could barely hold my composure. The Kaikaranga, the caller, was a Māori woman, a community elder, dressed in a long black skirt, her hair tied at the back of her head and adorned with feathers. Her calling vibration beckoned us closer, calling for us to enter.

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  1. Griffith University, Australia

    elke emerald

  2. University of Waikato, New Zealand

    Robert E. Rinehart

  3. Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

    Antonio Garcia

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Carey, M. (2016). The Transformative Experiences of Cultural Healing. In: emerald, e., Rinehart, R.E., Garcia, A. (eds) Global South Ethnographies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-494-7_17

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