

SDGs and Trends in Island Studies
I was invited to give the keynote at the 5th #SDGs Research Symposium at the University of the #Ryukyus.
Mar 4, 2025


Returning to Okinawa
This week in Okinawa has been nothing short of amazing!
Mar 3, 2025


Island hosting
Hosting Mo (Dr Meng Qu), my SICRI co-convenor and JF host at Hokkaido Univertsity, here in Amami Oshima gave me the opportunity to not only
Mar 3, 2025


Amami's Embrace: A Researcher's Return and the Gifts of Island Ethnography
The more I immerse myself back on the island, the more stories I discover that I wish I had a lifetime to record and share.
Mar 3, 2025


Hekate: exploring liminality
An invitation by Leila Lees to speak to her new poetry collection at her book launch at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery took me through...
Dec 6, 2024


A ‘Strange Island’: Mapping Waiheke’s festivalscape
Often described as a “strange island,” Waiheke’s unique identity is deeply intertwined with its rich festival culture. Waiheke was chosen...
Nov 4, 2024


Finding Zen in Unexpected Places: How My Mother's Early Dementia Is Teaching Me to Embrace the Present Moment
The practice is not to become enlightened in the future...[it] is full, vulnerable, intimate, open participation in our immediate experience
Sep 8, 2024


I am my father's daughter
I am my father's daughter
I have his eyes
I am the product of his sacrifice
I am the accumulation of the dreams of generations
Aug 13, 2024