Exploring Fundamentals

Lecturer in the School of Cultures in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, Ian Fookes is developing his PhD thesis into a book entitled Victor Segalen: Exotisme, Altérité, Transcendance, which traces the evolution of a French poet's conception of exoticism and diversity at the beginning of the 20th century. Ian's research explores identity construction through cross-cultural encounter and travel writing, while studying multiculturalism and the role literature and poetry can play in facing the effects of climate change.