Island Studies as a Decolonial Project

The phenomenon of colonialism influenced the cultures, economies, and politics of the majority of the world’s population. The subsequent decolonization process has likewise had profound affects on colonized societies. Island societies undergoing decolonization face many of the same pressures and cha...

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Published in:Island Studies Journal
Main Authors: Yaso Nadarajah, Adam Grydehøj
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Island Studies Journal 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.360
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0d85ff3f73dc4f688f720f1d943a2407 2024-10-13T14:05:24+00:00 Island Studies as a Decolonial Project Yaso Nadarajah Adam Grydehøj 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.360 https://doaj.org/article/0d85ff3f73dc4f688f720f1d943a2407 EN eng Island Studies Journal https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.360 https://doaj.org/toc/1715-2593 doi:10.24043/isj.360 1715-2593 https://doaj.org/article/0d85ff3f73dc4f688f720f1d943a2407 Island Studies Journal, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2016) Physical geography GB3-5030 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.360 2024-09-17T16:00:45Z The phenomenon of colonialism influenced the cultures, economies, and politics of the majority of the world’s population. The subsequent decolonization process has likewise had profound affects on colonized societies. Island societies undergoing decolonization face many of the same pressures and challenges as do mainland societies, yet island spatiality and the history of island colonization itself has left former and present-day island colonies with distinctive colonial legacies. From the Caribbean to the Arctic to the Pacific to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, colonial and decolonial processes are creating tensions between maintenance of the culture of indigenous peoples, economic development, cultivation of cultural heritage, political modernization, status on the global stage, democratic governance, and educational achievement. We call for an island studies perspective on decolonization, emphasizing the importance of appropriately positioning expert knowledge relative to the needs of colonized and indigenous peoples and highlighting the pitfalls of neocolonialsim. We thus lay the groundwork for island studies as a decolonial project. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Day Island Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Day Island ENVELOPE(-117.803,-117.803,65.984,65.984) Indian Pacific Island Studies Journal 11 2 437 446
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Island Studies as a Decolonial Project
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description The phenomenon of colonialism influenced the cultures, economies, and politics of the majority of the world’s population. The subsequent decolonization process has likewise had profound affects on colonized societies. Island societies undergoing decolonization face many of the same pressures and challenges as do mainland societies, yet island spatiality and the history of island colonization itself has left former and present-day island colonies with distinctive colonial legacies. From the Caribbean to the Arctic to the Pacific to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, colonial and decolonial processes are creating tensions between maintenance of the culture of indigenous peoples, economic development, cultivation of cultural heritage, political modernization, status on the global stage, democratic governance, and educational achievement. We call for an island studies perspective on decolonization, emphasizing the importance of appropriately positioning expert knowledge relative to the needs of colonized and indigenous peoples and highlighting the pitfalls of neocolonialsim. We thus lay the groundwork for island studies as a decolonial project.
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