'THIS WHOLE PLACE IS A FISH': Refuse, refuge and entangled subjectivities of kai and consumption in a Moeraki midden.
This article draws on the writings of Keri Hulme to sketch the Moeraki middens as sites attentive to radical kinships realized by refuse and surplus, kai (food) and kin-making. Middens are dumping grounds filled with shells, bones, tools and other 'rubbish'. Much has been written about middens in th...
| Published in: | Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 135 - 150 |
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Intellect Ltd.
Dec2024
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