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This book shares critical and creative insights on the methodologies in island studies. It explores why and how islands serve powerful analytical ends. Considering interdisciplinary questions shaping the field, the book models what it means to think about and rethink island methodologies.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Elaine Stratford, Godfrey Baldacchino, and Elizabeth McMahon
2 Valuing: Why Should We Study Islands and Archipelagos?
Godfrey Baldacchino
3 Being: What Is the Nature of Islands and Archipelagos as Entities and Relations?
Elizabeth McMahon
4 Knowing: What Constitutes Knowing in the Study of Islands and Archipelagos?
Elaine Stratford
5 Speculating: What Approaches Are Used to Know in the Study of Islands and Archipelagos?
Godfrey Baldacchino
6 Guiding: What Rationales and Rules Typify the Study of Islands and Archipelagos?
Elizabeth McMahon
7 Doing: By What Methods Do We Acquire Knowledge in Studies of Islands and Archipelagos?
Elaine Stratford
8 Conversing: What Does It Mean to Share and Stress-Test Ideas about Rethinking Island Methodologies?
Elaine Stratford, Elizabeth McMahon, Godfrey Baldacchino, and Colleagues
9 Practicing: What Does It Mean to Apply the "Knowing" of Island and Archipelagic Studies?
Godfrey Baldacchino and Elaine Stratford
References
About the author
Elaine Stratford is professor of geography at the University of Tasmania. She led the Rethinking the Island series with Godfrey and Elizabeth, is editor-in-chief of Geographical Research, a deputy editor of Island Studies Journal, and an active member of the International Small Islands Studies Association. Godfrey Baldacchino is professor of sociology at the University of Malta. He previously served as Canada research chair and UNESCO co-chair in island studies at the University of Prince Edward Island and as president of the International Small Islands Studies Association. He set up Island Studies Journal in 2006 and served as its editor until 2016. Elizabeth McMahon is professor of English at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her book, Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination, won two national awards for literary scholarship. She has edited Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, since 2008 and previously edited Australian Humanities Review.
Summary
This book shares critical and creative insights on the methodologies in island studies. It explores why and how islands serve powerful analytical ends. Considering interdisciplinary questions shaping the field, the book models what it means to think about and rethink island methodologies.
