Why robots can't haka: skilled performance and embodied knowledge in the Māori haka.

To investigate the unique kinds of mentality involved in skilled performance, this paper explores the performance ecology of the Māori haka, a ritual form of song and dance of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. We respond to a recent proposal to program robots to perform a haka as 'cultu...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 1/2; pp. 4337 - 4366
Main Authors: Mingon, McArthur, Sutton, John
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2021
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