Understanding "Islandness"

Aideen Foley; Laurie Brinklow; Jack Corbett; Ilan Kelman; Carola Klöck; Stefano Moncada; Michelle Mycoo; Patrick Nunn; Jonathan Pugh; Stacy-ann Robinson; Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur; Rory Walshe

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Understanding "Islandness"

Aideen Foley, Laurie Brinklow, Jack Corbett, Ilan Kelman, Carola Klöck, Stefano Moncada, Michelle Mycoo, Patrick Nunn, Jonathan Pugh, Stacy-ann Robinson, …

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol.113(8), pp.1800-1817

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2193249

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island studies

islandness

islands

islas

narrativas

narratives

Islandness is a contested concept, not just between disciplines but also cultures, entangled with what islands, island studies, and island identity are understood to be. The purpose of this article is to explore some of these different meanings, without necessarily unifying or reconciling them, with the aim of keeping multiple understandings of islandness in creative tension. We begin by considering islandness as smallness, recognizing that though many entry points into island studies relate to size in some way, what constitutes small is dependent on both context and worldview. Next, we consider islandness as culture, and the concept of island identity, which is expressed in varied forms. Finally, we consider framings of islands as others, and the extent to which contemporary narratives linked to islands are really inherent to islands or not. Ultimately, we conclude that although there is much to be gained from appreciating differing understandings of islandness, these multiple meanings make it critical to reflect on context wherever the term is used, and exercise care in assigning attributes and outcomes to islandness.

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Title: Understanding "Islandness"
Authors: Aideen Foley (Author) - University of London
Laurie Brinklow (Author) - University of Prince Edward Island
Jack Corbett (Author) - Monash University
Ilan Kelman (Author) - University College London
Carola Klöck (Author) - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Stefano Moncada (Author) - University of Malta
Michelle Mycoo (Author) - University of the West Indies
Patrick Nunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Jonathan Pugh (Author) - Newcastle University
Stacy-ann Robinson (Author) - University of Pennsylvania
Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur (Author) - University of Mauritius
Rory Walshe (Author) - University of Cambridge
Publication details: Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol.113(8), pp.1800-1817
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2023.2193249
ISSN: 1467-8306; 2469-4452
Copyright note: (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99725098802621
Output Type: Journal article

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