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01 Oct 2021  |  Sara Riordan

Island cooking: Portraits of Sāmoa. Told through food

What does Sāmoa taste like? Taro? Palusami? Chop Suey? I’m sure if you were to ask 100 different Sāmoans, you’d get 100 different...

07 Sep 2021  |  Vilsoni Hereniko & Philipp Schorch

Sina ma Tinirau: An oral tale set on Rotuma, Fiji

Watch the recently released trailer for Sina ma Tinirau. The animated short film will come out later this year.

31 Jul 2021  |  Philomena Luna Härdtlein

Expressing “inner form”: Two moai kavakava in August Macke’s collection of forms

"Man expresses his life in forms. Every art form is an expression of his inner life. The exterior of the art form is its interior"...

30 Jun 2021  |  Diana Gabler

In-between spaces: Creating a ‘thoughtful’ conservation approach

As an external contract conservator specializing in the care and treatment of cultural materials, I am currently working at MARKK...

31 May 2021  |  Thoiba Saeedh

Through the “native” lens: Configuring “islandness” in the Maldives Islands

The Maldives is famous for its pristine beaches, as a destination for tourists, for travelers from around the world who seek to...

30 Apr 2021  |  Katrina Talei Igglesden

Urban Indigeneity: Exploring youth culture in Fiji’s diasporas

Growing up as a member of a diasporic Fijian community in Vancouver, Canada, there was not something I consciously thought about...