Creating a cultural database
Sir Tipene O’Regan
Māori indigenous local and world views
Notes on the creation of a cultural database using digital technology, presented at the NZPI Annual Conference 2015.
“Culture needs to be cultivated.”
“We must remember to remember.”
“People who have no memory have no future.”
Cultural mapping – “Stories of death, lust, more lust & bravery”. Google Earth database of >4,000 names with historic references. Songs, stories too.
“We have to be the proprietors of our own cultural database.” This applies equally to any community as it does to the Māori culture that inspired the sentiment. “Something that is authentically ours with an authentic base”.
“Walk into the future with your eyes on the past.”
The power of the network 