Policy

Contributor Guidelines.

Who contributes to this archive, what we ask of them, and how contributions are reviewed.

Who we look for

  • Practitioners with a documented connection to a Polynesian tattooing tradition.
  • Cultural contributors with community-recognized standing.
  • Researchers with peer-reviewed or otherwise verifiable scholarship.
  • Language contributors qualified to review indigenous terminology.

What we ask

  • Disclosure of professional and commercial affiliations.
  • Willingness to be reviewed by editors and, where applicable, by cultural reviewers.
  • Attribution of claims to region, community, and source.
  • Original writing that avoids formulaic or generic AI-generated prose.

Application

Applications do not guarantee authority status or publication. See our contact page to apply.