Natural Resources and Cultural Perspective

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Crispin Hull talks to Dr Andrew Walker about the conflict over natural resources in Thailand and its connection to livelihoods of upland farmers.
Author(s): Crispin Hull

Documents of the Journey

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In discussion with Jennifer Moran, Dr Chris Ballard explores the particular ways in which photography documents place, people and cultures. He also talks about the exhibition, which he co-curated, of photographs taken during the colonial exploration of Dutch New Guinea.
Author(s): Jennifer Moran

Building a Nation in Papua New Guinea

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Crispin Hull talks to Charles Yala, Quinton Clements and David Kavanamur about the post-Independence generation's sense of opitimism in their ongoing contribution to the development of Papua New Guinea.
Author(s): Crispin Hull

The Difficulty of Returning

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Gia Metherell talks to Dr Apelu Tielu about the inspiration for his first novel, Forever in Paradise, which tackles the subjects of interracial marriage, problems of adaptation to local customs and lifestyle, and the importance of religion and relationships in contemporary Samoan life.
Author(s): Gia Metherell

Someone Else's Country

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Jan Borrie talks to Shirley Fenton Huie about living in Indonesia in the 1970s; coping with heat, isolation, mail tampering and black magic; her lifelong friendship with the Affandi family of artists; and writing her book Someone Else's Country: Living in Suharto's Indonesia.
Author(s): Jan Borrie