An Essential Marking Maori Tattooing and the Properties of Identity  

Oleh:

Pritchard, Stephen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory, Culture & Society vol. 18 no. 4 (Agu. 2001), page 27–45.
Topik: cultural identity; cultural property; Maori 'tattoo'; ta moko
Fulltext: 27TCAS184.pdf (75.67KB)

Isi artikel

This article examines a range of problems centring on the theorization of cultural identity and cultural property by reference to debates about the appropriation of the Maori 'tattoo' or ta moko and the authenticity of contemporary Maori tattooing practices. Through a consideration of the relationship between cultural identity and tattooing, it addresses a problematic concerning the articulation of indigenous 'property', 'ownership' or 'authority' in legal, anthropological and philosophical discourses. Theorizations of 'tattoo' as 'cultural property', for example, generally assume a certain 'proper' relationship between subject and object, precomprehended in terms of Western legal-philosophical concepts. Against the background of these issues, the use of ta moko as a form of signature or authorizing mark of identification is taken to highlight issues concerning the complex relationship between the attribution of certain cultural practices, characteristics or 'properties' to a certain group and the notions of authorship and authority that underwrite such designations.

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