Transinsular Networks of the Caribbean Seascape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2145228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlo Cubero (0000-0001-5900-8021, Social Anthropology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-116 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-4677 • E-ISSN: 1469-2902 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00664677.2024.2354785 |
| OpenAlex | W4400100050 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper examines the sea as a metonym for visualising the Caribbean island experience. This paper argues that islanders' relations with the sea are maintained through a double condition of connection and isolation, alienation and familiarity. This paper's theoretical position is informed by 'transinsularism', an approach that addresses how insular identities are constituted in relation to other island spaces. This paper's argument is contextualised with historical and ethnographic material on the island of Culebra, an offshore municipality of Puerto Rico. The historical material addresses the colonisation of Culebra in the 1880s by interests of the Spanish Crown, the occupation of the island by the US Navy and its liberation. The sea features at the foreground of these processes. This paper concludes that islanders maintain a sense of specific insular regard while self-consciously engaged in multiple network-generating networks
Biology · Fishery · Geography · Seascape · Sociology · Anthropology · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |