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Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2006 Islands are sites of innovative conceptualizations, whether of nature or human enterprise, whether virtual or real. The study of islands on their own terms today enjoys a growing and wide-ranging recognition.
Godfrey Baldacchino
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No future of island studies: Embracing island studies in plural
Island Studies Journal, 2023 This editorial conclusion looks back on how Island Studies Journal has developed from its start in 2006, up through the beginning of the current editorship in 2017, and through to the start of a new editorship in mid-2023. Island studies has transformed from being a close-knit community centred on a few key scholars to being a field composed of ...
Adam Grydehøj
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Island Studies Journal, 2022 In the emerging scene of non-western island studies, research done on the sinophone world mainly (but not exclusively) by sinophone scholars has become a conspicuous strand in the literature. Despite the diverse locations in focus, most research tends to functionally apply rather than organically engage with west-inflected island theories.
Gang Hong
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Island Studies. Island Geography. but What is an Island? [PDF]
Miscellanea Geographica, 2011 Island Studies. Island Geography. but What is an Island? Introduction. There are institutes which research phenomena and processes taking place on islands. Such research is conducted nowadays among others at universities in France, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Scandinavia.
M. Jędrusik
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Island Studies Journal, 2017 Island studies has developed into an established, interdisciplinary research field. It is important that island studies not only continue deepening its internal theoretical understandings but also reach out to other fields and regions that have received limited attention within island studies.
Adam Grydehøj
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Teaching island studies: on whose terms? [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2010 Island studies can be deceptively difficult for inexperienced undergraduates due to the field’s trans-disciplinary and international scope, advanced academic content and engagement with a wide range of cognitive processes and methodologies.
Kathleen Stuart
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Island landscapes and European culture: An ‘island studies’ perspective
Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, 2013 AbstractThe active imagining of a European identity needs to engage with the geographical possibilities, visualisations and performativities of place. It is all too easy but superficial and naive to consider geophysical parameters as the silent backdrop or empty canvas on which cultural initiatives unfold.
G. Baldacchino
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Critical reflexivity and decolonial methodology in island studies: Interrogating the scholar within
Island Studies Journal, 2022 Although the field of island studies has from the start regarded itself as a defender of islands and islander interests, it is entangled in coloniality. This editorial focuses on issues of power, knowledge, and position.
Y. Nadarajah +3 more
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Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia
Island Studies Journal, 2022 The globalization of island studies has resulted in a greater recognition by island studies scholars of the need for more regional-based island research to encompass the diversity of island knowledge and experiences. Island research in East Asia provides
Meng Qu +5 more
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Regarding Some Pitfalls in Urban Heat Island Studies Using Remote Sensing Technology
Remote Sensing, 2021 This paper attempts to illustrate the complexity of thermal infrared (TIR) data analysis for urban heat island studies. While a certain shift regarding the use of correct scientific nomenclature (using the term “surface urban heat island”) could be ...
E. Parlow
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