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Island Cultures and Festivals
A Creative Ecosystem
Evangelia Papoutsaki (Edited by), Sonjah Stanley Niaah (Edited by)
9789766409678
Paperback / softback, published 27 September 2024
254 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg
A timely contribution to the corpus of island studies scholarship, this collection centres key components of island cultural studies. It emerges from the jointly organized 15th International Small Island Cultures (ISIC) conference staged at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (2018), and contains selected papers that shine a spotlight on the rich cultural field of island music, art festivals and the creative ecosystem in which they find support. With an interdisciplinary focus, this volume also aims at promoting a critical research agenda for island studies in general. This edited collection is a must read for cultural enthusiasts, students and researchers, as well as entertainment and industry professionals.
List of Illustrations / vii PREFACE: Island Culture Research and the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative PHILIP HAYWARD INTRODUCTION: Island Cultures and Festivals: A Creative Ecosystem SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH AND EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI Part One: Art, Culture and Island Communities 1 Diagnosing Uneven Revitalization Outcomes among Declining Communities in a Japanese Island Art Festival MENG QU, YACHEN HE, A. D. MCCORMICK, CAROLIN FUNCK 2 The Norseman’s Home: Up-Helly-Aa and Shetland’s Performance of Place EMMA LANG 3 Mapping Waiheke Island’s Festivalscape: Community Activism and Festival Reclamation EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI AND JOHN STANFIELD 4 Promoting the “Creole Traditional Wedding” during the Seychelle Creole Festival as a Strategy to Sustain Cultural Traditions MARIE-CHRISTINE PARENT Part Two: Music, Dance and Island Identity 5 The Traditional Daur Music and Dance Festival Kumule on the Island Meadow by the Amur River HOLGER BRIEL 6 Soca, Pleasure and Utopia SHAUNA RIGAUD 7 Rebel Salute: A Birthday Party the World Attends MELVILLE COOKE 8 A Celebration of Music, Movement and Memory: The Archival Significance of St Kitts “Sugar Mas” STANLEY H. GRIFFIN 9 The Sound of Citizenship: Performance, Politics and Transgression SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH Contributors Index