Multi-Perspective Analysis Through 12-Agent Collaboration
🌟 Integrated Learning Experience
Economic Analysis: Housing crisis, wealth inequality, alternative models
Cultural Perspective: Māori economic principles, collective wellbeing
Action Orientation: Policy analysis, community solutions
📺 Documentary Pairing: Wealth, Whānau, and Whenua
Use these two carefully selected documentaries to compare structural inequality in Aotearoa. The first centres whānau navigating the housing crisis; the second provides academic analysis of how wealth concentrates.
📋 Before You Watch (Group Planning)
Gather recent statistics on income distribution, housing affordability, and Māori home ownership rates.
Identify three stakeholders you will track (e.g., rangatahi, landlords, policy makers, iwi corporations).
Agree on note-taking roles: data recorder, storyteller, tikanga checker.
Documentary 1: Housing Inequality
SBS Dateline (28 min): Investigative journalism following families navigating soaring rents and intergenerational inequity.
🤔 Pātai While Watching
How do housing pressures affect whānau wellbeing across generations?
Which policies or economic settings are blamed for rising inequality? Whose voice states this?
What tikanga-based or community-led solutions appear (explicitly or implicitly)?
Documentary 2: Structural Wealth Analysis
Bridget Williams Books w/ Prof. Robert Wade (16 min): Academic overview of income and wealth concentration in Aotearoa.
🤔 Pātai While Watching
What evidence does Professor Wade present to show widening wealth gaps?
How does he connect global economic settings to outcomes in Aotearoa?
Where could mātauranga Māori or collective models counter the trends he describes?
💭 After Watching
Think-Pair-Share: Identify one statistic and one personal story that most clearly illustrate inequality. Compare selections and justify choices.
Class Synthesis: Create a double-entry chart (data vs. lived experience) summarising both documentaries.
Action Planning: Draft two policy recommendations and one community initiative that respond to what you learned.
🧠 Cross-Curricular Investigation
📊 Mathematical Analysis [LF_LiteracyNumeracy]
1. Housing Affordability Calculation:
Research the median house price and median income in your region. Calculate the house price-to-income ratio. How does this compare to international standards of affordability (typically 3:1)?
2. Alternative Model Comparison:
Create a mathematical model comparing housing costs under: a) current market system, b) state housing model, c) housing cooperative model. What are the 30-year cost differences?
🌿 Cultural Integration [LF_Te_Ao_Māori]
1. Values Comparison:
How do Māori concepts of collective ownership and responsibility contrast with individual property ownership? What would housing look like if designed around whakapapa and whakatōhea?
2. Historical Context:
Research how colonization disrupted Māori housing and land tenure systems. How might contemporary housing solutions integrate traditional Māori approaches?
🎭 Media Analysis [LF_English + Kaiako_Postcolonial_Reviewer]
Perspective Analysis: Compare how housing issues are framed in different documentaries. Whose stories are told? Whose are missing? How do documentaries use music, imagery, and narrative structure to influence audience emotion?
🚀 From Analysis to Action
Economic justice requires both understanding and action. Your documentary analysis should lead to concrete proposals for positive change in your community.