Relationality and island studies in the Anthropocene

Pugh, Jonathan

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“…In what follows we argue that how we conceptualise island studies, like so many other fields of study today, is profoundly brought into question by the Anthropocene. Whereas up until recently through the relational turn in island studies there was an emphasis on disrupting the static, insular and peripheral island form, today the new stakes of the Anthropocene further disrupt the human/nature boundary in profoundly disorientating ways, demanding new approaches to thinking through relationality and islands (see also Pugh, ).…”

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Islands of relationality and resilience: The shifting stakes of the Anthropocene

Chandler

Pugh

2018

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In recent decades, island studies scholars have done much to disrupt static notions of the island form, increasingly foregrounding how islands form part of complex networks of relations, assemblages and flows. In this paper, we shift the terms of debate more explicitly to relationality in the Anthropocene. We consider the implications and challenges that a wider set of debates, particularly surrounding island "resilience," concerning the Anthropocene in the social sciences and humanities pose for island studies. K E Y W O R D SAnthropocene, island studies, relationality, resilience | THE SHIFTING TERMS OF DEBATE IN ISLAND STUDIESOver the past few decades the "relational turn" (Pugh, 2016) that has taken place across a broad range of island studies' scholarship has profoundly disrupted coherent notions of the static island form (

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Islands of relationality and resilience: The shifting stakes of the Anthropocene

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Pugh

2018

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“…Grydehøj and Kelman (2017) highlight the "eco-island trap" arising from "conspicuous sustainability," Cheer et al (2017) question how islanders may respond to the eco-cultural tourist imagination, and Pugh (2018) and Chandler and Pugh (2018) argue that emblematic and idealised island visions risk concealing the intense relationalities of the Anthropocene. These differ from critical studies of the global trend for exploiting small island eco-cultural resources, in which our research is broadly situated.…”

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“…These differ from critical studies of the global trend for exploiting small island eco-cultural resources, in which our research is broadly situated. Grydehøj and Kelman (2017) highlight the "eco-island trap" arising from "conspicuous sustainability," Cheer et al (2017) question how islanders may respond to the eco-cultural tourist imagination, and Pugh (2018) and Chandler and Pugh (2018) argue that emblematic and idealised island visions risk concealing the intense relationalities of the Anthropocene.…”

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Islands of enclavisation: Eco‐cultural island tourism and the relational geographies of near‐shore islands

Hong

2018

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Eco-cultural island tourism is a global phenomenon. Accordingly, island studies has engaged with it through a variety of approaches, including relational geography perspectives. However, prevalent relational island studies theories tend to be based on remote, peripheralised archipelagos or urban island power centres and may thus be inappropriate for certain kinds of small, near-shore islands. This paper uses a case study of Qi'ao, Zhuhai, China to argue that such islands may function as enclaves within mainland societies rather than enclaves for mainland societies, rooted in a number of interrelated geographical imaginaries. These imaginaries consolidate Qi'ao's present identity as an urban enclave against industrialisation and the collective intuition of historical discontinuity. It is also argued that, despite its many utilitarian benefits, the model of enclavising small, nearshore islands for tourism begs an ethical question: for whom do these islands serve as enclaves? In response, I call for a new theorisation of small, near-shore island relationality that considers some islands' roles within, rather than simply external to, mainland societies. K E Y W O R D Seco-cultural island tourism, enclaves, enclavisation, Qi'ao, relational geography, Zhuhai | INTRODUCTIONEco-cultural island tourism is a global phenomenon with which the field of island studies has engaged through a variety of approaches, including relational geography perspectives. A key topic of inquiry has been the use of such islands as enclaves relative to the mainland. This paper subjects the tourist experience of the island of Qi'ao (Zhuhai, China) to critical geographical analysis in order to reflect upon this type of island tourism and theories of small, near-shore island relationality more generally.Following clarifications of theoretical framework and methodology, I trace the historical course of the mainland's island imaginaries as they affect Qi'ao in order to discuss how the island has reached its present status as a tourist enclave. I then analyse the relationship between island enclavisation and modernity, questioning the positionality of the island enclave. Finally, I offer conclusions regarding both island tourism and the necessity of theorising island relationalities that are appropriate to small, near-shore islands. I argue that Qi'ao's present urban identity is constructed around the model of an enclave against industrialisation and the collective intuition of historical discontinuity. This raises the question for whom do small, near-shore islands serve as enclaves when they are enclavised for tourism?

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“…Similarly, Hong et al (2013) note the contribution of traditional lifestyles to conservation of biodiversity by paying attention to the relationship between the biodiversity of Asian islands, traditional biocultural diversity, and traditional ecological knowledge. Some scholars have, however, been critical of the manner in which the discourse of sustainability and ecology sometimes overshadows or crowds out attention to other issues in island communities (Baldacchino, 2018;Grydehøj & Kelman, 2017;Baldacchino & Kelman, 2014), while Pugh (2018) calls for recognition of the more nuanced relationality affecting environmental processes in the Anthropocene. These various discussions are useful for examining the traditional ways of life and ecological knowledge of the peoples of Okinawa and Jeju.…”

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Pork food culture and sustainability on islands along the Kuroshio Current: resource circulation and ecological communities in Okinawa and Jeju

Lee¹,

Hyun²

2018

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This paper investigates the formation of ecologically sustainable food systems based on pork on the islands of Okinawa and Jeju, which are located along the Kuroshio Current. Observation and interview data were informed by literature on human geography. The results demonstrated that pig-breeding space (pigsty) is key to a resource circulation system that is common to both. Other elements in the system include processes involving the butchering and distribution of pigs and a fair division of labour. This study shows a homogeneous resource circulation system through pig breeding and a pork food culture that played an important role in the formation of ecological communities on the islands of Okinawa and Jeju.

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Relationality and island studies in the Anthropocene

Cited by 86 publications

References 34 publications

Islands of relationality and resilience: The shifting stakes of the Anthropocene

Islands of relationality and resilience: The shifting stakes of the Anthropocene

Islands of enclavisation: Eco‐cultural island tourism and the relational geographies of near‐shore islands

Pork food culture and sustainability on islands along the Kuroshio Current: resource circulation and ecological communities in Okinawa and Jeju

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