The papers in this issue trace a particular set of Māori interventions in anthropology, arts, museums and heritage in the early twentieth century and consider their implications for iwi ‘tribal communities’, development and environmental management today. They follow Apirana Ngata, Te Rangihīroa (Peter Buck) and some of their Māori and Pākehā (European New Zealander) allies at the Polynesian Society through the Dominion Museum expeditions, on Te Poari Whakapapa (the Board of Maori Ethnological Research) and in a variety of community research initiatives. The authors explore how engagement with ancestral tikanga ‘practices’ and with western technologies and institutions allowed these scholars and leaders to imagine te ao hou ‘a new world’ in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through the analysis of surviving photographs, films, artefacts, collections and displays, as well as the extensive written archives that were produced through their efforts, the articles in this issue explore how relational concepts and practices including whakapapa ‘kin networks’ and tuku ‘exchange of treasures (taonga)’ were mobilised as practical ontologies, that is, as methods for bringing new things (artefacts, systems, concepts) into being. The lasting effects of these collaborative projects on museums, scholarship, government administration and tribal cultural heritage are investigated, showing the enduring relevance of this work in the present.

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简介：改变世界：亲属关系作为实际的本体论

本期的论文追踪了二十世纪初毛利人在人类学，艺术，博物馆和遗产方面的一系列特殊干预措施，并考虑了它们对当今常春藤“部落社区”，发展和环境管理的影响。他们通过Dominion博物馆考察队，Te Poari Whakapapa（毛利人种研究委员会）和波利尼西亚人协会跟随Apirana Ngata，TeRangihīroa（彼得·巴克）以及他们的一些毛利人和Pākehā（欧洲新西兰人）的盟友，进行各种活动社区研究计划。作者探索了与祖先的tikanga“实践”以及西方技术和机构的互动如何使这些学者和领导人想象新西兰Aotearoa的“新世界”。通过分析残存的照片，电影，文物，收集和展示，以及通过他们的努力而产生的大量书面档案，本期文章探讨了如何将诸如华卡帕帕“亲戚网络”和图库“宝物交换（taonga）”之类的关系概念和实践作为实用本体论进行动员。也就是将新事物（人工制品，系统，概念）变为现实的方法。调查了这些合作项目对博物馆，奖学金，政府行政管理和部落文化遗产的持久影响，显示了目前这项工作的持久意义。本期文章探讨了如何将诸如华卡帕帕“亲戚网络”和土库曼“宝物交换（taonga）”之类的关系概念和实践作为实际本体，即作为将新事物（手工艺品，系统，概念）引入的方法。存在。调查了这些合作项目对博物馆，奖学金，政府行政管理和部落文化遗产的持久影响，显示了目前这项工作的持久意义。本期文章探讨了如何将诸如华卡帕帕“亲戚网络”和土库曼“宝物交换（taonga）”之类的关系概念和实践作为实际本体，即作为将新事物（手工艺品，系统，概念）引入的方法。存在。调查了这些合作项目对博物馆，奖学金，政府行政管理和部落文化遗产的持久影响，显示了这项工作在当前的持久意义。