Island Studies Inside (and Outside) of the Academy: The State of this Interdisciplinary Field
For the past thirty years, the interdisciplinary field of Island Studies has been growing in the form of academic programs, research institutions or centres, communities of scholars and practitioners, and advocacy-based organizations at local, national an
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e Challenges of Island Studies
The Challenges of Island Studies
Ayano Ginoza Editor
The Challenges of Island Studies
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Editor Ayano Ginoza Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability University of the Ryukyus Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
ISBN 978-981-15-6287-7 ISBN 978-981-15-6288-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6288-4
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Preface
This book is the culminative product of a multi-year research project led by the Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability (hereafter RIIS) at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa. The research was titled “Conceptualizing Tosho chiiki kagaku kenkyu (Regional Science for Small Islands, or RSSI) toward a Jiritsu Model of Island Societies.” This project was funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. The project was carried out during the 2016–2018 Japanese academic years, involving faculty members in humanities and social sciences from the University of the Ryukyus. After the conclusion of the project, RIIS held an international symposium titled “Prospects and Challenges for Envisioning Regional Science for Small Islands” on March 1, 2020, where three prominent figures in international island studies were invited to join two of the project members to share and discuss key issues in the field of island studies. This book consists of seven chapters, including six papers and a discussion of current topics in island studies. In the introduction, “An Archipelagic Enunciation from Okinawa Island,” I have illuminated key Japanese terminology in the regional science for small islands
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