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Title:

Island Imaginaries: Introduction to a Special Section

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Gugganig, Mascha; Klimburg-Witjes, Nina
Non-TUM Co-author(s):
ja
Cooperation:
international
Abstract:
Colonial empires, scientists, philanthropists and Hollywood studios have long sustained an image of islands as remote places with unique ecologies and cultures, experimental labs, or loci of escapism. The climate crisis and the Covid19 pandemic have contributed to a predominant view of islands as both exceptional spaces and testbeds to be scaled up onto continental or planetary levels. Likewise, the metaphor of the island is foundational to Western thought yet has been less explored in the conte...     »
Keywords:
experimentation, islands and archipelagoes, Sociotechnical imaginaries, space, testbeds
Intellectual Contribution:
Discipline-based Research
Journal title:
Science as Culture
Journal listet in FT50 ranking:
nein
Year:
2021
Journal volume:
30
Month:
July
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
321--341
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1080/09505431.2021.1939294
WWW:
https://www-tandfonline-com.eaccess.tum.edu/doi/full/10.1080/09505431.2021.1939294
Print-ISSN:
0950-5431, 1470-1189
Judgement review:
None
Key publication:
Ja
Peer reviewed:
Ja
Commissioned:
not commissioned
Technology:
Nein
Interdisciplinarity:
Ja
Mission statement:
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Ethics and Sustainability:
Ja
SDG:
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