

In Western literary geography, Oceania has often been exoticised (Kothari & Palis, 2024) with its stories extracted by white male geographers/explorers via violent encounters with Indigenous populations. These gendered colonial portrayals silence numerous Oceanian voices, particularly women’s (Kabutaulaka, 2015). While post-/de-colonial scholars have challenged this silence, women’s voices have remained peripheral. With this project, I aim to disrupt this and counter the tendency to undervalue orature, by foregrounding Indigenous women’s stories in transmedial forms (beyond written formats). Methodologically, I focus on decentralising the researcher from storying processes by centring Indigenous story-holders (Tuhiwai Smith, 2012). I intend to both make Indigenous stories visible, and co-create stories that focus on island women’s lived experiences.