text by Kai Tätte and Lota Vana, University of Tartu A study with several co-authors from OCSEAN consortium published in Genome Biology and Evolution provides new insights into the settlement of Pacific islands and the migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples, helping to understand human movement and cultural interactions in the region. The study is a collaboration between Uppsala Unviersity, University of Tartu and Colorado Colleage. Kiribati is one of the first nations f

Udayana University hosted the OCSEAN Third International Conference in July 2025. As a follow up to this meeting, I Made Agus Julianto from Udayana University invited Toulouse secondee Sébastien Plutniak to continue this discussion by giving a lecture on open science in archaeology. On Tuesday 10 November, Sébastien presented on “Open-source and Free Software Tools for Archaeology: a State of the Art and a Focus on the archeoViz Ecosystem” to an audience of 110 bachelor stu

Many local teams have worked hard to produce print materials that are useful and needed for the communities. Here is a short summary of them. Loloam Malay Bed-time stories and orthography guide by Udanaya University team: I Gusti Ayu Gde Sosiowati, Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini, Novita Mulyana,  Putu Wahyu Widiatmika Book was compiled for the Loloan community with the newly settled orthography. During the initial work in the Lolan community, it became evident there was confusion

During the course of the project, there are several audio-visual materials that have been produced. SPEAKING THE SACRED The collaboration between Udayana University and University of Tartu researchers and creative teams has led to the documentary about Saa ritual and in the Bulian village. The film documents Saa, the meanings of it locally, and personal insights of the the team of the Bulian project who have been in close engagement with the local community. Directed and Fi