Researching Pacific island livelihoods: Mobility, natural resource management and nissology
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Researching Pacific island livelihoods: Mobility, natural resource management and nissology. / Egelund Christensen, Andreas; Mertz, Ole.
I: Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Bind 51, Nr. 3, 12.2010, s. 278-287.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Researching Pacific island livelihoods:
T2 - Mobility, natural resource management and nissology
AU - Egelund Christensen, Andreas
AU - Mertz, Ole
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Small island literature is vast in focus and aim, and is rooted in many different disciplines. The challenge is to find common grounds for researching small islands conceptually and theoretically. The aim of this article is to comment on how to research small islands, including a discussion on contemporary theories of nissology and conceptual analytical frameworks for island research. Through a review of selected case-study-based island literature on changing livelihoods coming out of the South Pacific, we wish to illustrate and discuss advantages of finding common grounds for small island studies. The focus is on two dimensions of island livelihood, migration and natural resource management, both of which are significant contributors in making island livelihoods and shaping Pacific seascapes. We argue that there is still a substantial lack of studies targeting small island dynamics that are empirical and interdisciplinary in focus and link socio-economic and ecological processes of small island societies at temporal and analytical scales.
AB - Small island literature is vast in focus and aim, and is rooted in many different disciplines. The challenge is to find common grounds for researching small islands conceptually and theoretically. The aim of this article is to comment on how to research small islands, including a discussion on contemporary theories of nissology and conceptual analytical frameworks for island research. Through a review of selected case-study-based island literature on changing livelihoods coming out of the South Pacific, we wish to illustrate and discuss advantages of finding common grounds for small island studies. The focus is on two dimensions of island livelihood, migration and natural resource management, both of which are significant contributors in making island livelihoods and shaping Pacific seascapes. We argue that there is still a substantial lack of studies targeting small island dynamics that are empirical and interdisciplinary in focus and link socio-economic and ecological processes of small island societies at temporal and analytical scales.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01431.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01431.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 278
EP - 287
JO - Asia Pacific Viewpoint
JF - Asia Pacific Viewpoint
SN - 1360-7456
IS - 3
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