The Challenges of Island Studies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ginoza, Ayano

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 local experts, 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 101
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811562884
• Artikelnr.: 60644067

Autorenporträt

Ayano Ginoza, Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability, University of the Ryukyus

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Prospects for Island Studies.- Island as Safe Havens: Thinking about Security and Safety o Gåhan/Guam.- Island Studies & US Militarism of the Pacific.- Island Studies in the Academy: The State of This Interdisciplinary Field.- The Perspective of Cultural Heritage/Cultural Landscape in Critical Island Studies.- The Possibilities of Phylogenetic Tree Studies in Ryukyuan Languages Research.- Panel Discussions.- Prospects for Critical Island Studies.