small island developing states — Writing

Essays, Articles & Musings

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These writings have been caught in the ladder of my throat for years. They have stumbled in obscurity, tumbled with insecurity, illuminated the path of curiosity for many creatives and now they are making light into this world as a way for me to define presence, criticality and engagement more holistically. Sharing is a lesson in generosity and truth-telling.

This is an assemblage of current and past work from the last fifteen years and is a glimpse into the microcosms of informal art spaces and institutional bodies across the Caribbean and further afield. The words, reflections, exposés and travelogues are portals to other ways of being, understanding and coming to terms with our post-colonial contexts, inherent messiness and transformation.

How Mayreau Island in the Grenadines is tackling food insecurity

Can scarcities and climate vulnerabilities offer us other ways of being and imagining? How are government-accessed funds, initiatives and projects being implemented and communicated to the public? How are these actions impacting community-based organisations and grassroots initiatives that have historically engaged in change-making work in their locales? Are there suﬃcient incubation projects accommodating habitat creation, ecological education, or invasive species management?

KnowledgeHolly BynoeJanuary 29, 2024we are mayreau, mayreau, the grenadines, small island developing states, food securityComment

From a Daughter of the Soil

A part of work as Generator for The Hub Collective, this decolonial story of Bequia's ripe history starts with a look into the Indigenous Era, moving through the vagaries of the colonial battle for the Grenadines. Starting with piracy, the Black Carib uprising against the British and French and early settlements, we move through the rise of the whaling industry and our creative sea-faring resilient culture.

TidingsHolly BynoeOctober 13, 2021bequia, decolonisation, small island developing states, history, becouyaComment

Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

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Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

For general inquiries, please email pattreeproductions [at] gmail.com. To subscribe to my newsletter, sign up below.

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— Helen Klonaris, writer and healer

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