Plantations as sites of displacement
It is sometimes difficult to understand the complexities of a globalised economy on an emotional and embodied level when we are cut off from almost all sites of primary production. […]
Digital inclusion in remote villages in Malaysia – A rural-urban, ethnic or political divide?
This post is based on my second presentation at the 2019 EUROSEAS conference in Berlin. The presentation was part of the panel with the title: “The Sociality of Infrastructure-Mediated Development: […]
Digital Inclusion – Are remote communities benefiting?
In this post I summarize a presentation given at the 2019 EUROSEAS conference in Berlin on a topic I have been interested in a while as a result of my […]
Cultural determinants of health
This year, I have had the opportunity to work with Professor Kerry Arabena in a consulting role for the Lowitja Institute in a new and quite groundbreaking piece of research […]
Plastics in the river
Throughout my research in rural communities the issue of waste kept on emerging, either through small fires with pungent smoke that burned in the village or through the visible evidence […]
Sarawak Elections
Following Sarawak’s state elections in May 2016 I wrote a short article about what I think are some of the main reasons for the outcome. In spite of political dissatisfaction, […]
Screen printing at Monash
Monash University has a great arts faculty including design, architecture and, yes, fine arts. Caulfield campus and its buildings are suggestive of the creative activities of the students. There are pieces of sculpture on display […]
Inside Story: Sarawak’s roads to development
It is impossible not to think about roads when traveling in Sarawak’s interior. In 2012 I wrote an article about Sarawak’s rural roads for Inside Story, the excellent journal published […]
Visualising research: Maps
Research is supported by an increasingly sophisticated array of visual methods. From interactive maps to infographics, there are many tools researchers, journalists, non-for-profits and other organisations can use to make […]
Digitizing the Photo archive of the Sarawak Museum
My research at the Sarawak Museum, during which I repatriated a collection of photographs to the rural Indigenous communities in Sarawak where they had been taken by museum staff in […]
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