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This article braids our personal and political narratives to examine approaches to creative ethnography as a technique of writing for activists' goals. Using autobricolage —mixing art, activism and ethnography—we explore narrative as a decolonising strategy to centre Indigenous ontology. The insights carry implications for how we understand and engage with the experiences of others, particularly marginalised voices. The article also offers reflections on the current climate of protest and its new opportunities for social change and solidarity. These reflections are as important for defenders of climate change as for protesters of BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo. Shared histories of colonialism and migration can potentially provide the basis for productive settler-Indigenous social relations among current and future generations. By sharing our experiences as native migrants living in Australia—Harwood from Aotearoa and Guntarik from Borneo—we show how stories reinforce one another, trigger new memories and reveal parallel politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Early photographic and anthropological processes produced specific forms of colonial knowledge. Images of Borneo captured during the colonial period thus offer a snapshot of the emerging field of anthropology. British explorer A.C. Haddon played a role in shaping early anthropological theory, from his 1898 expedition in Torres Straits and Sarawak to the subsequent analysis of his findings upon his return to Britain. During this time, the study of exotic people and places was the object of a new lbrm of empiricism; the period also coincided with the circulation of a range of images of Asia. These images played a crucial part in constructing popular assumptions about colonized peoples and their social positions in the colonial hierarchy. Haddon's photographic collections were connected to a larger process of colonial knowledge production in which various images -- including other photographs, early film footage, paintings and etchings -- wrestled with competing representations of the region. His photographs of Sarawak convey the struggle in the emerging discipline of anthropology to distil objective "truths" while competing with the subjective experiences afforded by social relations with local communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the author discusses the issue's focus on power relations on the island of Borneo, noting such topics as early anthropology on the island, mass media, and international conservation efforts on Borneo.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience on his travel to Borneo and to Bendigo, Victoria with her mother.