The Hau of Kai Hau Kai
the practice of intergenerational reciprocal exchange
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https://doi.org/10.34900/mk.v1i1.1158Keywords:
Kai hau kai, Intergenerational, reciprocal exchange, hau, utu, kaitiakitanga, Indigenising our food sources, mahika kai, te taiaoAbstract
Kai hau kai is a practice of reciprocal obligation which can be misunderstood and seen as a primitive or archaic form of familial exchange. In reality kai hau kai is more fluid and organic and is a continuing embedded form of economic, political and social cohesiveness that is practiced today and involves the ability for rich geographical resources, narratives and practice to be shared inter-regionally. In many cases, kai hau kai is often relegated to primitive bartering systems. This article explores kai hau kai practice and the reciprocal responsibilities that are foundational to intergenerational knowledge transfer of mahika kai practices.
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Levi-Strauss, C. (1949), The Elementary structures of kinship, Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Liu, S, Lu, Y, Liang, Q and Wei, E. (2010). Moderating effect of cultural values on decision making of gift giving from a perspective of self congruity theory: an empirical study from Chinese Context. The Journal of Consumer Marketing, Volume 27(7), pp. 604-614.
Mauss, M. (1967). The gift: The form and reason for exchange in archaic societies, Norton.
Morrison, D. (2019, November 17). Decolonizing Food System: Cross Cultural Interface framework. Indigenous Food and Freedom School, Vancouver.
Parry, J. (1986). “The Gift, the Indian Gift and the ‘Indian Gift’, Man, Volume 21, No. 3, September, pp. 453-473.
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Payne, M. (2019). Na te kōti i tatari: The inconsistent treatment of tikanga taurima (whangai) in Ngāti Mutunga (1820-2019). [Unpublished PhD thesis]. University of Otago.
Poutu, D. (1998). The Development Values of Lake Omapere, A thesis submitted for Master of Arts, Auckland University.
Roberts, M. (2013). “Ways of Seeing: Whakapapa”, Sites, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 93-120.
Sahlins, M. (1974). ‘The Spirit of the Gift’, in M. Shalins (ed). Stone Age economics. Tavistock Publications, pp. 149-185.
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Sherry, J.R. and John, F. (1983). Gift giving in anthropological perspective. Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 10(2), pp. 157-68.
Shrift, A. (1995). Nietzsche’s French Legacy: A Genealogy of Poststructuralism. Routledge.
Siegel, J. (2013). False beggars: Marcel Mauss, “The Gift” and its Commentators. Diacritics, Volume 41(2), pp.60-79.
Tcherkzoff, S. (2012). Māori on Polynesian gift-giving: The Samoan sau and the fine mats (toonga), the Māori hau and the treasures (taonga). Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Volume 2(2), pp. 313-24.
Tikao, H.T. (1870) Food-gathering customs of the South Island tribes (1870) MS-Papers-1187-208. Alexander Turnbull Library. Mahinga kauru.
Vidal, D. (2014). The three Graces, or the allegory of the gift: a contribution to the history of an idea in anthropology. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Volume 4(2), pp.339-368.
Yang, Z.F. (1983), "Social change and gift-giving behavior in Hong Kong", Journal of Business Administration of Hong Kong, No. 1, pp. 7-26.
Zieglar, R (2003). “The Kula Ring of Bronislaw Malinowski: A Simulation Model of the Co-Evolution of an Economic and Ceremonial Exchange System”, Vorgelegt in der Sitzung, Volume 12, December.
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2020-10-05
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Payne, D. (2020). The Hau of Kai Hau Kai: the practice of intergenerational reciprocal exchange. Mahika Kai Journal, 1(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.34900/mk.v1i1.1158
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