In the turquoise waters between the southern Philippines and northern Indonesia, an elderly man from Watunapatto sits in a small wooden boat he built himself from trees felled from the […]
To the World
Mawale Turns Twenty: A Movement Without a Final Destination
We Came Back, but Not as We Left Two decades ago, we returned — not as heroes, not as the enlightened, and certainly not as experts. We were simply young […]
Angry Notes
Not Just Waves to Be Counted
I was born on an island that barely makes it onto your maps. Not that I’m offended. In fact, I am super proud of that. After all, your satellites were […]
To the World
Weaponising the Indonesia Indigenous Movement
The Invention of Borders and the Criminalisation of Movement The sea, once a free and open space for Indigenous ocean-based nomads, has been systematically compartmentalised and policed, particularly after the […]
To the World
Centering Indigenous Rights in the Energy Transition
This is the speech I delivered during the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Global Assembly 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, 17-21 February 2025. When I received the invitation couple months back, […]
To the World
Hong Kong: A City Adrift in Political Uncertainty Post-Umbrella Revolution
As someone who has lived and breathed the complex political landscape of Hong Kong, I’ve often been asked why the city has made little to no progress politically since the […]