- Nov 12
Connecting islands through history, war and migration: oral history project
New Zealand's last surviving veteran of the Second World War's Battle of Crete died last year aged 104. Brant Robinson was one of the...
- Jun 20
Hiroshima: a visceral encounter
It was a hot day in Hiroshima but there were three places I wanted to visit before I took the ferry to Miyajima: a restored samurai’s...
- May 10
Co-witnessing and presencing as preconditions to meaningful solidarity (an early draft)
If you see with your mind wide open, that seeing holds the seeds for sensing. If you sense with your mind and heart wide open, that...
- Apr 18
Okinawa: island of resistance, resilience and pacifism
Ichariba chode/イチャリバチョーー (“once we meet, we become family”) After several weeks of an idyllic existence, cocooned from the rest of the...
- Feb 14
Amami: the islands of my heart
My first encounter with the Amami islands, in the south of the Japanese archipelago, was a rather unforgettable experience. I landed on...
- Sep 13, 2022
Tūrangawaewae: On Belonging And inclusiveness
Karanga Whakawatea Haere raa, ee te Rangatira Haare raa, I runga I tou haeranga Haera raa, I runga it te Rangimarie me te aroha Maa ngaa...
- Aug 11, 2022
Shetland sojourn
June was the season for island studies conferences this year and after two and a half years behind closed borders in Aotearoa, courtesy...
- Sep 25, 2021
Citysolation: a monochrome take of a city in lockdown
Cities aren’t made for silence, they are meant to hum with human interactions and movement. Even the birds are missing us, I think, as...