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Typical islands, borrowed islands: Epistemological and intellectual decolonialization in island studies 典型岛屿、借来的岛屿:岛屿研究的认识论和知识上的去殖民化

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.394

Gang Hong

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引用次数: 3

Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia 东亚岛屿研究和社会经济发展政策

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.395

Meng Qu, Carolin Funck, Rie Usui, Kyungjae Jang, Yachen He, A. Lew

引用次数: 1

Islandness in human rights, human rights in islandness: Missing voices 人权中的孤岛，孤岛中的人权:缺失的声音

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.397

Aikaterini Tsampi

引用次数: 1

Ferry services and the community development of peripheral island areas in Hong Kong: Evidence from Cheung Chau 香港外围岛屿地区的渡轮服务与社区发展:以周兆洲为例

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.402

Yui-yip Lau, Ka-chai Tam, A. Ng

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引用次数: 1

Decolonial thinking: A critical perspective on positionality and representations in island studies 非殖民思维:岛屿研究中的定位与表征的批判视角

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.178

Sarah Nimführ, Greca N. Meloni

引用次数: 9

Female migration in the Cape Verde islands: From islandness to transnationalism 佛得角群岛的女性移民：从岛屿性到跨国性

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.180

M. Giuffré

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引用次数: 3

The ‘other’ within: Striving for health equity in the Maldives Eva-Maria 内部的“另一个”：马尔代夫努力实现健康公平伊娃·玛丽亚

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.177

E. Knoll

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引用次数: 2

Growing hope: Island agriculture and refusing catastrophe in climate change adaptation in Fiji 越来越大的希望：斐济的岛屿农业和拒绝气候变化适应灾难

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.24043/isj.181

D. Griswold

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引用次数: 4

Future past I am a coolie-al…and I reside as an invisible island inside the ocean: Tidalectics, transoceanic crossings, coolitude and a Tamil identity 未来的过去我是一个苦力……我生活在海洋中，就像一座看不见的岛屿：潮汐、越洋、苦力和泰米尔人的身份

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.24043/ISJ.159

Y. Nadarajah

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引用次数: 6

Nomadic identities, archipelagic movements, and island diasporas 游牧民族身份、群岛运动和岛屿流散

IF 1.5 2区社会学

Island Studies Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.24043/ISJ.161

M. Joseph

引用次数: 2