Smiler Kirsten, McKee Rachel Locker
Health Services Research Centre, Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2007 Winter;12(1):93-111. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enl023. Epub 2006 Oct 12.
Following the reframing of "Deaf" as a cultural and linguistic identity, ethnic minority members of Deaf communities are increasingly exploring their plural identities in relation to Deaf and hearing communities of affiliation. This article examines Maori Deaf people's perceptions of identity, during a coinciding period of Tino Rangatiratanga (Maori cultural and political self-determination and empowerment)1 and the emergence of Deaf empowerment. Interviews with 10 Maori Deaf participants reveal experiences of enculturation into Maori and Deaf communities and how they negotiate identity in these contexts. Consistent with the model of contextual identity in Deaf minority individuals of Foster and Kinuthia (2003), participants expressed fluid identities, in which Maori and Deaf aspects are both central but foregrounded differently in their interactions with hearing Maori, Deaf Maori, and the wider Deaf community. This New Zealand case study illustrates how changing sociopolitical conditions affect Deaf minority individuals' opportunity to achieve and express identification with both Deaf-world and family heritage cultures.
随着“聋人”被重新定义为一种文化和语言身份，聋人社群中的少数族裔成员越来越多地探索他们与所属的聋人社群和听力正常社群相关的多元身份。本文考察了毛利聋人在蒂诺·朗伊蒂拉唐阿（毛利文化和政治自决与赋权）1 与聋人赋权同时出现的时期对身份的认知。对 10 名毛利聋人参与者的访谈揭示了他们融入毛利社群和聋人社群的经历，以及他们在这些背景下如何协商身份认同。与福斯特和基努西亚（2003 年）关于聋人少数群体个体的情境身份模型一致，参与者表达了流动的身份认同，其中毛利和聋人元素都很核心，但在他们与听力正常的毛利人、毛利聋人以及更广泛的聋人社群的互动中，两者的突出程度有所不同。这个新西兰的案例研究说明了不断变化的社会政治状况如何影响聋人少数群体个体获得并表达对聋人世界和家庭传承文化的认同的机会。
