Heart of the Country by Len Kamerling

“…Heart of the Country takes time - a full calendar year, to follow the life of this extraordinary man and the families and children he has dedicated himself to. It is also the story of the village of Kanayama, a rural farming community bound together by love for its children and a deep respect for learning. …”
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Hāloa: The long breath of Hawaiian sovereignty, water rights, and Indigenous law by Puanani Apoliona-Brown

“…My research is guided by the moʻolelo (oral histories) of nā kūpuna who were once the “radical” activists of the Hawaiian Renaissance. Their stories shed light on a history unaccounted for in standard textbooks and reveal a genealogy of Native Hawaiian resistance that was reawakened under the banner of Aloha ‘Āina (reciprocal love of land). …”
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The presence of absence. Towards and anthropology of the posthumous life of the disappeared in Peru by Dorothée Delacroix.

“…The disappearance of people in Peru generates a sense of rupture in the rural Andes. It is a product of recruit-ment and armed conflicts between guerrilla groups and law enforcement agencies and paramilitary groups during the decades of 1980 and1990. …”
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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…Prejudiced stories about trans youth were often at odds with participants’ experiences. …”
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