Mandy Suzanne Wong

Mandy Suzanne Wong is the creator of Duology, Awabi or Abalone, discussed by Melody Jue in Melody Jue: Ocean Memory. Jue reads the work as a bridge among Japanese ama divers, abalone, endangered cultural memory, healthy ocean conditions, and nonhuman sensory life.

The source uses Wong’s abalone story to make Chemosensation concrete. The planktonic abalone recognizes safe smells, algae, and rocks, while Ocean Acidification figures both ecological danger and breakdowns in family and cultural transmission.

Connections

• Melody Jue — interpreter of Wong’s work in the source.
• Ocean Memory — broader frame for human and nonhuman memory.
• Chemosensation — sensory mechanism central to the abalone reading.
• Ocean Acidification and Multispecies Archives — ecological and memory frames connected through the story.