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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


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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.

Dec 5, 2024
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...

Nov 4, 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...


Sep 7, 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


Aug 12, 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


Apr 5, 2024
The Japanese Cowboy: An Encounter with Amami's “Zorba the Buddha”
“I would like you to enjoy the wholeness of your being, when your body, your heart, your intellect all fall in tune. I have called that...

Jan 9, 2024
Words That Reconnect: Re-imagining Language for Social Change
“Many words are walked in the world. Many worlds are made. Many worlds make us. There are words and worlds that are lies and injustices....