Global South - Global Perspectives

As mentioned before, I try to keep grounded, in terms of my parochial perspective on the world, even as technology brings this world, and many others to so many screens.

 BBC Radio 4 'PM' 1700-1800 UT today mentioned this news and an event to follow:

Mākereti "Maggie" Papakura was an internationally renowned Whakarewarewa guide.

• 'Oxford University will award a posthumous Master of Philosophy degree to pioneering Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura.
• Papakura, known as Guide Maggie, was the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford.
• Her work, published posthumously, was the first ethnographic study by a Māori author.

Pioneering Maori scholar and famed Whakarewarewa guide Mākereti Papakura will be honoured with a posthumous degree more than 100 years after she began her studies, Oxford University has announced.

Her family and iwi say they are grateful for the tribute to her memory, and it is testament to her determination to ensure Māori stories would not be forgotten.

Born in 1873 at Matatā, Papakura is believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at the university, Oxford’s School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography said in a statement.

She made her name as the pre-eminent guide at Whakarewarewa in the early 1900s and was known as Guide Maggie'. . . .

...  I will watch for further news. 

The above stood out as last evening I greatly enjoyed listening to Discovery on the BBC World Service:

Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke

'Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber are both scientists, but it turns out there’s a lot they don’t know about the women that came before them. In Unstoppable, Julia and Ella tell each other the hidden, world-shaping stories of the scientists, engineers and innovators that they wish they’d known about when they were starting out in science. This week, a Māori marine scientist is combining indigenous knowledge with marine science to save the oceans that are so integral to her heritage. ...'

Image and text:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/te-arawas-makereti-papakura-to-receive-posthumous-degree-from-oxford-university/SBI3TR733RHZBOAS3BLDAZPMTU/

Previously: 'Oceania'

'Person & Sense of Place: A River runs through it.....'

Marrakech Treaty - NZ responding to global 'book famine'

individual - self

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group- population

	Our article has been published @Lida_ayoubi. NZ considers changes to copyright law as part of promise to help end global 'book famine' https://t.co/6LwN5BIanr via @ConversationEDU — Melanie Johnson (@unilawyer) July 23, 2019

Marrakech Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled

Person & Sense of Place: A River runs through it ...

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group-population

Personhood Personality Identity Philosophy Ethics Panpsychism	Whanganui River Nature Environment Human Ecology
History - Heritage Indigenous Peoples	Legal personhood Rights of Nature

My source: Moses, K. (2017) New Zealand River Granted Legal Personhood, Resurgence & Ecologist, Jan / Feb 2017. Issue 300: p.5.

NZHerald Agreement entitles Whanganui River to legal identity http://nzh.tw/10830586 via @nzherald

The Rights of Nature