This article considers how peka (fragments) of indigenous Māori knowledge that suffered the impact of colonial bowdlerisation and erasure (Pouwhare and McNeill, 2018; Pouwhare, 2019) may be discussed ...within a contextual review of literature. The indigenous practice-led doctoral thesis that resources the article asks: ‘How might an artistic reconsideration of gender role differentiation shape new forms of expression in Māori performing arts?’ Specifically, this study is concerned with generating and understanding spaces where the principles of takatāpuitanga (sexual orientation) and irarua/irarere (gender fluidity) might find purposeful expression within an indigenous Māori world view. In addition to reviewing existing literature, the thesis also involves interviewing takatāpui tane (Māori gay men) and Māori scholars as it seeks to exhume or contextualise fragmentary knowledge.
Among the multitude of ceramic fragments, there occasionally
appear handles of unusual shapes, or the remains of large
dome-shaped lids. Such vessels were used for food preparation
in kitchens with ...open hearths. Ever since prehistory, they have
represented a kitchen appliance in daily use to the present day,
and they appear in Roman kitchens as well. Various sources refer
to this method of food preparation as sub testu. These vessels’
segments have also been archaeologically confirmed on Roman
sites in Pannonia Inferior and Moesia Superior. There is a type of
dish called patina in Roman cuisine, similar to modern-day souffle,
which was presumably prepared on plates with a flat bottom
and curved, convex, or concave walls.
