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Researching Pacific island livelihoods: Mobility, natural resource management and nissology

Researching Pacific island livelihoods: Mobility, natural resource management and nissology 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Viewpoint Wiley

Researching Pacific island livelihoods: Mobility, natural resource management and nissology

Asia Pacific Viewpoint , Volume 51 (3) – Dec 1, 2010

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2010 The Authors. Asia Pacific Viewpoint © 2010 Victoria University of Wellington
ISSN
1360-7456
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1467-8373
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01431.x
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Abstract

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.

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Asia Pacific ViewpointWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2010

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