The relational turn in island geographies

Bringing together island, sea and ship relations and the case of the Landship

Bibliographic Data

ID3977477
AuthorsJonathan Pugh (0000-0001-5308-6379, Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume17
Issue8
Pages1040-1059
Publication date2016-11-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2016.1147064
OpenAlexW2292808137
LanguageEN
Citations received77
References cited84

Island studies are a growing field of research. A relational turn has recently taken place in island studies alongside relational turns in associated fields of research, including oceanic and ship geographies (although not always in conversation with them). While all three now challenge the landlocked nature of geography and related disciplines, this paper suggests that islands, oceans and ships should not always be reductively conceptualized in isolation, because they are often bound together through complex and shifting relations and assemblages. After reviewing debates and conceptual gaps in the critical island, sea and ship literatures, the paper makes this argument by reference to an island dance performance and social institution that is not wholly of the island, the ship or sea, called the Barbados' Landship

Argument (complex analysis · Landlocked country · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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