Below you’ll find copies of all participant submissions. Click on the participant’s name to view their full submission.
Registration Forms
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Participant Questionnaires
| Your Name | Bela Hinemoa Grimsdale |
|---|---|
| Cohort Assignment | Cohort C (Aotearoa) |
| 1. What do you see as your primary work at this stage of your life? | Landscape Architect |
| 2. What role do you see as yours to play? | Cultural / Mana whenua navigator and engagement |
| 3. What goals or aims do you have in regard to the above? | develop a deeper understanding of Matauranga Maori holistic ways of thinking, seeing, hearing and applying it to designing landscapes in a meaningful way |
| 6. What have you invested in to get you where you are? | Auckland University Bachelor of Arts (BA) - double major in Cultural Heritage and Museums, and Art History |
| 4. Where do you feel your next arenas for personal growth are? | learning to speak fluent te reo |
| 7. What fields of learning and which thinkers have been important in your life? | Matauranga Maori and culture - Maureen Lander and Dante Bonica (lecturers and mentors at university) where I was taught Maori practical techniques through wananga style learning. Wananga is a positive and comfortable environment and way to learn (for myself), I am a practical person who learns by doing. |
| 5. And for professional growth? | becoming more aware and confident in communicating from a holistic point of view and how it applies to landscape practice and design |
| 8. Can you frame your philosophy or cosmology of life? What role(s) do humans play in it? | I have a basic understanding of Te Ao Maori beliefs and creation. I believe that it is important to be able to understand why Maori have a deep connection to the environment and the creation history explains that relationship through whakapapa. |
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