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Critical approaches to island geography
Author(s) -
Grydehøj Adam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12546
Subject(s) - anthropocene , special section , critical geography , sociology , human geography , field (mathematics) , vulnerability (computing) , geography , tourism , urbanization , economic geography , environmental ethics , cultural geography , ecology , archaeology , philosophy , mathematics , computer security , engineering physics , pure mathematics , computer science , engineering , biology
This special section seeks to identify what it is that makes islands special as well as to critique the limitations of generalised conceptions of islandness. In recent years, the field of island studies has drawn on critical trends in geography, being particularly influenced by the “relational turn,” the “decolonial turn,” and theories of the Anthropocene. The papers in this special section focus on the themes of vulnerability and resilience, indigeneity, spatial transformation, democracy and governance, urbanisation and transport, enclavisation and eco‐cultural tourism, mobility and connective infrastructures, and Anthropocene relationality to explore new horizons in island geography research.