- Aug 11
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 of the pandemic, I braved the airways and headed up north to co-host a gathering of island scholars and friends at the Centre for Island Creativity, University of the Highlands and Islands. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/.../island-studies-international.../ Glasgow airport: boarding a tiny plane to Shetland, where the pilot forgot to introduce the air