Mike Hurley
writer, researcher, artist
I studied and taught anthropology at UC Irvine (PhD 2015) and I’ve done extensive ethnographic research in Southeast Asia. My passions include travel, books, music, and cycling. Born in California, I also speak (and read, etc.) Thai, Indonesian, and Japanese. Here you can find examples of my artwork, photographs, short pieces of writing, translation, music, etc.
Work: I went back to teaching in 2022. See below. I like to hear from past clients, but I’m currently too overwhelmed to take new indexing projects.
Here & There
I now work in Japan as a high-school teacher. Last year I traveled to Thailand and stayed for three months. My new job is a big change after years of wandering and scraping by as a freelancer. In other news, my manuscript Waterways of Bangkok is under review for publication.
Site Updates
Ethnography: this page has been refined, including updated excerpts from the manuscript. Artwork: added two pieces. Passages: now divided into sections on writing, translation, photographs, music, etc.
Lastly, here’s another clip of my guitar playing: