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 […]
Movies - Review
Chief of War: A Canoe of Stories on the Ocean of Time
In a world saturated with historical dramas, where the tides of entertainment ebb and flow with predictable rhythms, there occasionally surfaces a craft so singular in its purpose, so beautifully […]
To the World
The Blood in Our Battery: How ‘Green Energy’ Re-fuels a Colonial Legacy
In the lush, biodiverse heart of Halmahera Island, Indonesia, an ancient way of life is under threat. The O Hongana Manyawa, a nomadic forest people, have lived in this rainforest […]
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 […]