Full Description
The links between islands and tourism, as sights of pleasure is embodied in the touristification of sun, sand and sea. Islandscapes are central to the tourist imaginaries that shape islands as touristified places - curated, designed and commodified for both mass tourism and more niche inclined versions. Yet while islands are parlayed for touristic pleasure seekers, islands are also home to longstanding communities that have variously battled with the tyranny of distance from metropolitan centres, as well as the everyday challenges of climate change effects, and benefitted from their isolation from modern-day pressures. To what extent are islandscapes resilient to rapidly changing utilities, significances and ways of life wrought by tourism expansion? The vulnerability-resilience duality remains firmly entrenched in the discourse on islands where tourism has become prominent. Although tourism provides some resiliency, overall, islandscapes remain subject to externally driven fast and slow change that exercises an overwhelming influence. This anthology of articles previously published in the journal Shima explores emergent themes that describe how island peoples adapt and respond in localised cultural islandscapes as a consequence of tourism expansion. It is aimed at researchers in island studies, tourism, sustainability, human geography, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. The anthology will also be of interest to those with an abiding interest in the trajectories of islands and their peoples, particularly where tourism has come to shape islandscapes.
Contents
PART 1: TOURISM AND ISLANDSCAPES Chapter 1: Cultural realignment, islands and the influence of tourism: A new conceptual approach Chapter 2: Tourism and islandscapes: Cultural realignment, social-ecological resilience and change PART 2: ISLAND CULTURES AND TOURISM Chapter 3: Rural authenticity and agency on a cold-water island: perspectives of contemporary craft-artists on Bornholm, Denmark. Chapter 4: Manufacturing paradise on Catalina Island: Othering an Island and its residents Chapter 5: Gourmet and green: The branding of King Island Chapter 6: The Ecotourism Hub: A joint cross-border marketing strategy for peripheral islands PART 3: ISLAND FUTURES AND TOURISM Chapter 7: Saint Mark's Square as contested political space: protesting cruise tourism in Venice Chapter 8: An aquapelagic evolution? Developing sustainable tourism futures in Galápagos, Ecuador Chapter 9: From marginality to resurgence: The case of the Irish Islands Chapter 10: Curating a decolonial guide: The Detours project Chapter 11: Tourist Initiatives and Extreme Wilderness in the Nakanai Mountains of New Britain Chapter 12: Projects and Effects: The past, present and future of the Island of Nueva Tabarca (Alicante, Spain)
