Evangelia Papoutsaki MA Leeds, PhD Cardiff, MRSNZ

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...

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...

According to the Maori tradition, there are three baskets of knowledge: te kete tuauri  (sacred knowledge/light), te kete tuatea...

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...

Amami’s embrace Nature’s splendour all around Peace in island vibes Attempt at haiku compositio - E.P. My first encounter with the Amami...

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...

June was the season for island studies conferences this year and after two and a half years behind closed borders in Aotearoa, courtesy...

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...