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Title: | Islands as novelty sites |
Authors: | Baldacchino, Godfrey |
Keywords: | Islands Islands -- Social aspects Space |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Publisher: | American Geographical Society |
Citation: | Baldacchino, G. (2007). Islands as novelty sites. Geographical Review, 97(2), 165-174. |
Abstract: | Being on the edge, being out of sight and so out of mind, exposes the weakness of mainstream ideas, orthodoxies, and paradigms and foments alternatives to the status quo. Islands are thus propelled as sites of innovative conceptualizations, whether of nature or human enterprise, whether virtual or real. They stand out as sites of novelty; they tend toward clairvoyance; they are disposed to act as advance indicators or extreme reproductions of what is present or future elsewhere. This article, which is essentially bibliographical, celebrates islands as the quintessential sites for experimentation, with reference to the physical sciences, the social sciences, and literature. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19601 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtSoc |
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