Holly Bynoe is an artist, curator, researcher, writer, spiritualist and Earth Ally from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of St. Andrews in the Shared Island Stories project. Her works intersect the disciplines of memory studies, climate justice, tangible and intangible heritages with a focus on collective memory, lore and regenerative healing strategies for the land, psyche, spirit and body.
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In this report first published on Global Voices, The Bridge, Bynoe asks critical questions of island communities across the Grenadines: can they co-visualise positive changes as disaster capitalism, land grab, and the threats of gentrification, ‘organised abandonment’ and ‘Build Back Better’ loom?