Loni Kim is an ecological writer and cultural heritage researcher based in Seoul. She writes about place, land, and living memory carried in strands of songs and bits of soil.Her fieldwork in ethnomusicology explores the complex tapestry of oral traditions, daily rituals, and songscape that exist within the lineage of an ecosystem through a blend of performance research, local exploration, and embodied practice.

Pictured: traditional song - jeongga, instrument - gayageum, shamanic gut ritual, rice planting, organic farming, marine biology monitoring