Reflexive emotionalisation means increased thinking about and acting on emotional experiences in response to major changes to social life, such as those accompanying colonisation. This article explains and develops this novel concept, assessing its usefulness through an exploratory assessment of reflexive emotionalisation in the formation of Aotearoa New Zealand as a colonised settler state. It is argued that as cultures met and sought to coexist, emotions were vital. Focusing on reflexive emotionalisation in Aotearoa reveals how differences in feeling rules were navigated, sometimes in violent ways, as power shifted towards the colonisers. Feelings of belonging are important in that ongoing process of reflexive emotionalisation, the elucidation of which provides a new understanding of social change and settler state formation that avoids casting colonised peoples as passive objects of ‘progress’ brought by colonisers.

反思性情感化意味着增加对情感体验的思考并采​​取行动，以应对社会生活的重大变化（例如伴随殖民地的那些变化）。本文解释并发展了这个新颖的概念，通过探索性评估反身情绪化在新西兰奥特罗阿（Aotearoa）殖民地定居者国家形成中的作用来评估其有用性。有人认为，随着文化的融合和寻求共存，情感至关重要。关注奥特罗阿的反思性情感化，揭示了随着权力移向殖民者，人们如何驾驭有时甚至是暴力方式的感觉规则差异。在进行中的反身情绪化过程中，归属感很重要，