Pacific Geographies #55

Dance group from Rapa Nui at the Tapati Festival in 2020 Source: © Wolfgang Kiss Managing editors of issue PG#55 (special issue in cooperation with the Austrian South Pacific Society, OSPG): Matthias Kowasch, Elisabeth Worliczek & Michael Waibel Contents Editorial Entire Read More …

Pacific Geographies #46: Special Issue on Independence Movements in the Pacific

Cover Pic: Making a Nation and Faking a State: Aloha ‘Aina and Sovereignty E(A)ducation in Hawai‘i A spray-painted depiction of Queen Lili‘uokalani of Hawai‘i. The sign was painted during the summer of 2015 protest vigil on Mauna Kea and was Read More …

Pacific Geographies #43

Cover Pic: Impression from motorbike repair workshop in Hanoi. © Astrid Schulz 2014 Le Dinh Hung (25 years old) runs his own motorbike repair workshop in Ba Dinh District in Hanoi. Hung began his training when he was 13 years Read More …

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 #36

Cover Pic: Skaters posing before the Lenin Statue in Hanoi © 2011 Ceyhan Cüce. Public spaces in Vietnam have always been used for a great variety of leisure activities. The triangular square of the Lenin Statue opposite the flag tower Read More …

Pacific News #34

Cover Pic: White & Black: Traditional Coffee in Vietnam. Photo made in Cao Lãnh City in Dong Tháp province, © 2010 Dana Kersten, Berlin. The cover image shows the two most popular kinds of fresh Vietnamese coffee: The traditional milk coffee 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 #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 #27

Cover Picture: Passage © 2003 Daniel Spehr Abgebildet ist Mr. Lin. Er ist Fischer und lebt in Ranong (Thailand). Seine Frau Mrs. Oy führt auf der vorgelagerten, autofreien Insel Koh Chang ein kleines Resort mit 5 Bungalows. Wenn es die Read More …