NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Explain symbolic representation to demonstrate cultural awareness
in whakairo
Level
6
Purpose
Credits
14
This unit standard is for people furthering their knowledge in
whakairo. It supplements the Toi Whakairo and
Whakaraupapa Whakairo unit standards.
People credited with this unit standard are able to interpret:
visual form; figurative form; and pattern, to demonstrate cultural
awareness in whakairo.
Classification
Whakairo > Mana Whakairo
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 2567, Explain the concept of tāonga to demonstrate
cultural awareness in whakairo, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 2561, Explain taha wairua to demonstrate cultural
awareness in whakairo; and Unit 2565, Explain aho tangata to
demonstrate cultural awareness in whakairo.
Explanatory notes
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Glossary
taha wairua – spiritual perspective;
aho tangata – lineage;
mauri – life force;
Form is a configuration of details that together comprise a visual entity;
Abstract is a term used to encompass images that show distortion of natural
phenomena which relies on representing rather than copying, and images that do not
rely on natural phenomena as a source;
Naturalistic is a term used to encompass images that are based on copying natural
phenomena;
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Aspective representation is a term used to define the frontal and/or profile
presentation of figurative images with no indication of pictorial depth. It is a
conceptual system of representation which attempts to show images objectively and
informatively. Thus, hands are presented to reveal the number of fingers even when
grasping an implement;
Metonymical is a term used to define a system of signification in which an element
particular to an individual identifies the individual. Thus, moko emphasises the mana
of an individual ancestor rather than any physiognomic correspondence between the
actual person and the representation of the person;
Simultaneity is a term used to define a system of visual representation which
combines a frontal and profile view in the depiction of one image. Epa from Taranaki
provides the most salient examples with facial forms presented frontally with a profile
nose;
Mnemonic is a term used to define a system of visual representation designed to aid
the memory. Thus, the term esoterically mnemonics implies a representational
system that is difficult to decipher. Conversely, literal mnemonics is a system in
which images are easily decipherable. This is exemplified by the stilts associated
with Tamatekapua or fish associated with Tutamure.
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Mana Whakairo
Tikanga and kawa that underpin the standards in the domain Mana Whakairo relate
to specific interpretations and understandings of whakapapa, te reo, symbolism,
concepts and representation; and in a whakairo context are quite specific and
therefore distinctive from tikanga and kawa in the broader context of Te Ao Māori
whānui.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret visual form to demonstrate cultural awareness in whakairo.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Visual form is analysed to determine the correlation between Māori cultural
concepts, and conventions of symbolic representation that concurs with hapū or
iwi traditions.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to concepts – mauri, mana, tapu;
symbolic representation – esoterically mnemonics, literal
mnemonics, metonymical portraiture.
Visual form is interpreted to determine the representational range of symbolic
expression in whakairo that concurs with hapū or iwi traditions.
Range
cosmogony, mythical, genealogical, ritualistic.
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1.3
Visual form is analysed to determine correlation between traditional Māori
representational convention and symbolic representation that concurs with hapū
or iwi traditions.
Range
1.4
traditional Māori representational convention may include but is
not limited to – aspective, simultaneity;
symbolic representation may include but is not limited to –
abstract, naturalistic.
Visual form is analysed to determine the impact of European representational
conventions on symbolic representation in whakairo that concurs with current
literature on whakairo.
Range
1.5
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perspective, naturalism, expressionism.
Visual form is analysed to determine the impact of literacy on symbolic
representation that concurs with current literature on whakairo.
Range
typography, narrative, literal mnemonics.
Outcome 2
Interpret figurative form to demonstrate cultural awareness in whakairo.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Figurative form is analysed to interpret correlation between the composition of
body parts and cultural symbolism that concurs with hapū or iwi traditions.
Range
mahunga, karu, taringa, arero, niho, tinana, ringaringa, waewae.
Outcome 3
Interpret pattern to demonstrate cultural awareness in whakairo.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Relationship between pattern and object is analysed to interpret symbolic
meaning in whakairo that concurs with hapū or iwi traditions.
Range
object – whare whakairo, pātaka, waka;
pattern – whakairo, kōwhaiwhai, tukutuku.
Planned review date
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
5 December 1995
N/A
Revision
2
6 April 1998
N/A
Revision
3
19 April 2000
N/A
Revision
4
18 September 2001
N/A
Revision
5
11 March 2004
N/A
Review
6
12 December 2008
N/A
Revision
7
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover
8
21 February 2013
N/A
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