Research in Environmental Anthropology
Community Collaboration:
2014-2016 Aru Islands, Indonesia: Documentation of ethnobiological knowledge and an endangered oral language: Roos and Ruins Project: Volkswagen Stiftung Endangered Language Project (Batuley)
1) Marine Biology in Gwatle Kal:
A quad-lingual encyclopaedia with 1000 copies published and distributed to households and Gwatle schools including teacher training.
2) Tambaroro:
A film exploring ancient oral culture and modern ways in East Indonesia
2015 KITLV/Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden, Netherlands: Fellowship relating to fieldwork in the Aru Islands, Indonesia
2009-2012 Kadavu, Fiji: Ethnobiological knowledge and language documentation
2) People and Fish in Fiji: an ethnobiological study of a coral reef ecosystem (MA thesis)
2010 Ghana and Benin: Ethnomusicology / West African cultural fieldwork and studies
2008 Edmonton Inner City: Loss of photo identification as a key factor for homelessness
1) Community: Use It or Lose It? Anthropologica 54(2) 253-266