november 5, 2024. post no 2. relationality as identity in Māori philosophy. i have felt a strong resonance recently with a text by Katarina Gray-Shap in “Decolonizing Animals” (2023). Gray-Sharp identifies as Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Rangiwewehi. she is a Māori established academic, currently working at the Te Amorangi Trust Museum in New Zeeland. i share a quote: 


“to live as “tangata whenua” - the human form of the land - is to know identity is a responsibility for another”.


here is an article by Gray-Sharp, from 2019. it covers the same topics, but it shorter than her chapter in the book.
https://www.academia.edu/39766805/Mass_Extinction_and_Responsibility?auto=download