Overview
- Delineates multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to the current state of island studies as a field of inquiry
- Presents enduring approaches to island studies based on islanders’ voices
- Envisages islandness as a key concept for fostering theories and methods of island studies
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About this book
This book places islanders’ struggles and knowledge at the forefront of island studies. Written by experts from diverse fields and locations, it covers a wide range of topics, from the history of island studies to critical ocean studies. In remapping the field of island studies from Okinawa, an emerging hub of community-based knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration between leading critics and theorists in geography, linguistics, tourism, literature, international relations, and peace studies reveals the challenges for the future of island studies.
The book consists of two parts: the first offers a collection of individual contributions that demonstrate the vital role that the field’s interdisciplinarity can play in creating bridges between the political and social issues islanders and the islands face and the disciplines involved. The second part provides a cross-disciplinary discussion between the authors and scholars of island studies in Okinawa, including localexperts, and suggests new ways to think about the future of island studies that are intricately linked to islanders’ agency, preservation of languages and heritage, and the security of the islands. As such, the book directly addresses the current state of the field as well as with its future.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Prospects for Island Studies
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Panel Discussions
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ayano Ginoza, Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability, University of the Ryukyus
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Challenges of Island Studies
Editors: Ayano Ginoza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6288-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6287-7Published: 24 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6290-7Published: 24 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6288-4Published: 23 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 101
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Environmental Economics, Regional and Cultural Studies, Environment Studies, Cultural Studies