

"Akina: An Ecocultural Portrait of an Island Community"
Of all my publications over the years, this was the one I enjoyed writing the most! "Akina: An Ecocultural Portrait of an Island...
Apr 9, 2021


The Vachengeti
To be called a Vachengeti/Keeper/Mentor for this truly amazing new initiative, "Sesa Mathlo Apothecary", is an honor that I will carry...
Apr 1, 2021


Quarantine/Kamau Taurua Island
The best part of my Dunedin visit was the time I spent on the Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua with Henry Johnson who suggested we do our...
Mar 25, 2021


Covid-19 island diary: isle-solating in times of a global pandemic
In February of 2020 I returned back home to Aotearoa for a few weeks primarily to complete my work on island festivals which included...
May 11, 2020


Island 'Ikigai' encounters
My new island “Ikigai” company is consisting of my father’s nonagenarian friends who are meeting daily at the neighborhood’s cafe. I...
Jan 14, 2020


The people's reporters and their community activism
Another intensive fieldwork out in the northwest of Kyrgyzstan mapping the communicative ecology of remoteness. The trip gifted us once...
Oct 6, 2019


Jamaica: Rasta, Bob and Reggae
University of West Indies, Mona campus, Kingston; vast and beautiful, tropical and a site for exploration, the grounds of a colonial...
Jul 20, 2019


Inspiring community encounters in Talas
Mapping the communicative ecology of remoteness: another inspiring community radio encounter in the Talas region of Kyrgyzstan. To get...
May 6, 2019