Pacific Geographies #39

Cover Pic: Shane Te Ruki of Ngati Maniapoto, National Museum of China © 2012 Image Courtesy of Te Papa Tongarewa. The title image shows Shane Te Ruki of Ngati Maniapoto during the opening event of the “Kura Pounamu: Treasured stone Read More …

Pacific News #37: Special Issue on Public Space

Cover Pic: Street Vendor in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. © 2008 Michael Waibel. This picture is showing a middle-aged lady selling ducks on open street. It has been taken in close proximity to an industrial zone in Binh Duong Province, Read More …

Pacific News #35

Cover Pic: Little Susu at the Celebrations for Hanoi’s 1000th Birthday © 2010 Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen, Hanoi/Vietnam. The cover image is showing Susu, a five-year old Vietnamese girl dressed up in a traditional silk cloth (áo dài) to honour Read More …

Pacific News #33: Special Issue on Contemporary Urban China

Cover Pic: Kite of Hope. Demolition Area in Central Bejing © 2006 Frauke Schumann, Dortmund – www.fraukeschumann.de Managing editors of issue PN#33: Dr. Michael Waibel & Dr. Julia Albrecht Entire issue of PN#33 Articles Michael Waibel & Julia Albrecht Editorial Read More …

Pacific News #32

Cover Pic: Tradition versus Modernity: Informal Street Trading in Hanoi. Street Hawker Selling Fruits on the Thanh Tri Bridge in Hanoi © 2009 Michael Waibel/Hamburg Managing editors of issue PN#32: Dr. Michael Waibel & Dr. Julia Albrecht Entire issue of Read More …

Pacific News #31

Cover Pic: Heading towards the Future. Motorcycle Driver in Quang Trung Street, Go Vap District of Ho Chi Minh City © 2008 Christian Berg / Saigon. Managing editors of this issue: Dr. Michael Waibel & Julia Albrecht Entire issue of Read More …

Pacific News #30

Cover Pic: Posing Punks in China. © 2008 Michael Waibel Two young men sitting in front of an apartment building inhabited by migrant workers on the compound of the Western Section of Guangzhou Development District – Guangzhou/China Managing editors of issue Read More …

Pacific News #29

Cover Pic: Buffalo Riding Boy in Cambodia  © 2007 Carina Gertig, Leipzig/Germany Managing editors of issue PN#29: Dr. Michael Waibel & Julia Albrecht Entire issue PN#29 Articles Michael Waibel & Julia Albrecht Editorial Andrea Valentin Boycotting Burma in 2007 – Read More …

Pacific News #28

Cover Pic: Louis Vuitton enters Vietnam. © 2007 Michael Waibel This picture was taken in Ho Chi Minh City opposite the Opera House at the corner of the Dong Khoi Street (formerly known as “rue Catinat“), the most famous shopping Read More …

Pacific News #26

Cover picture: Syukur. This picture was taken at Yogyakarta, Indonesia © 2005 Margit Haider Managing editors of issue PN#26: Michael Waibel & Rolf Jordan Entire issue of PN#26 Articles Michael Waibel & Rolf Jordan Editorial Martin Friese Thailands Tourismusindustrie im Read More …