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 Indigenous people who had wandered far from our homelands, drifted into cities, classrooms, online worlds, and in many ways, away from ourselves. Some of us…
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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 built to track typhoons and shipping routes, not to notice small Indigenous fishing communities sitting quietly on coral reefs, weaving nets from coconut husks and…
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 end of World War II. This transformation is not merely a geopolitical shift but a profound alteration in how space, movement, and identity are conceived….